Pretty decent obverse for a Blue Ike. Reverse has damage on the bottom. Not sure if I should return this one; the dealer said he'd take it back and give me another. 1. Is this a lamination error? Defective die? Defective planchet? Strike through? Something else? Notice the rim is fine. (Pretty sure it is NOT PMD). 2. Should I keep it or return it? (Cool error or knocked down a peg because it is damaged?) Please be honest.
I could be wrong but looks like a struck through. If so I would keep it, but that's me. As long as you did not over pay for it. But HOW could that have been missed? It was not in the description?
Looks like a Mint error but I'm not an expert in that type of error. If it's a true Mint error, I'd keep it and look for another to replace this one in your collection. After all, you bought this for a reason.
I bought it for $9 at a coin shop here in Buffalo. Was still in the Blue Ike mint cello. Put it in my handy intercept shield, and then all of a sudden I noticed it. BAM! There it was...
As Tommy said, it looks like it is a strikethrough. It is my guess that grease and debris built up in one of the devices on the reverse, and this compacted debris fell onto the planchet before it was struck. I've seen this happen quite often when I was searching Mint bags of other denominations. Chris
Let's put it this way. If you submitted the coin to one of the major grading services for normal grading (no error attribution), I believe it would come back with a straight grade that was unaffected by the strikethrough. It's your call, not mine. Chris
Ok. So, in your opinion, it wouldn't get a "Details" tag. But would that be a reason why it wouldn't go from a 65 to a 66, all else being equal? (Just wondering since it obviously wasn't damaged after it was released.)
I would return it and get a better one. It appears to have been struck through. Minor strikethroughs like this will not get designated as an error, and will sometimes lower the grade. They also generally lower the value unless you can find just the right buyer. Return it and get one without the strikethrough.
It's a keeper . . . especially on a 40% Ike. If submitted as an error, it almost certainly would get attributed, however, the cost of error submission almost negates the benefit of doing so. I think you should keep it as raw trade bait, and you'll end up better off for having done so.
If this was an in-person purchase and you removed it from the original packaging, I wouldn't expect to be offered a return. Of course it was only $9 and very well may be honored, but some things are best shouldered and learned from (if you know what I mean).
He already told me I could return it if I wanted. He is the one who cut it out of the packaging. But, I might just keep it and for $9 get another