PCGS graded cent struck on screw 64+

If an error coin is struck deliberately, is it a legitimate error?


I guess it's a Mint error because PCGS says it's a Mint error.

 

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Maybe these so-called errors or being made on damaged dies or just before the dies are retired.

 

Do you think PCGS would grade a finger?

 

Maybe the middle finger , along with the screw .

 

Interesting thread. I'd say about 8-32

 

I tend to wonder the same thing. We know what it looked like back in 1804.

 

Cool non-Phillips screwy Lincoln Head Cent.... wish I had one.

 

If they were paid enough?

 

I want to know how they can even call it ms 64. It’s a screw

 

MS is for machine screw, because obviously it is not a wood screw or it would be graded WS 64!

 

Yeah, Bill, but it’s a Mint State screw!

 

Very true. I’m well acquainted with both

 

Mostly Smashed screw now.

 

Hey, Hey Stop Razzing us !!

 

It's struck steel with a portion being struck from Lincoln cent dies, while a majority portion remains a "screwed up" screw. I believe they grade the portion that is struck. A technical grade if you will. I guess that, that particular section of Lincoln's head is comparative to other MS64 examples but this one was exceptional given the plus lol....


ANACS gave this example a (I suppose) technical grade of MS60. Old ANACS struck fragment with brockage.


Pieces like mine above are given grades all the time. Why is it a shock when strikes occur on screws or nails, that it should be questionable. The origin is questionable? Yes. But struck fragments with less details are not?

Who cares about the grade anyways? No one is building competitive set registries of mint struck screws and nails. Just be happy they are legit from the mint according to PCGS anyways. I'm sure there are plenty who question this pieces authenticity even with the slab. The grade is just the joke lol.

 

I'm still waiting for a coin struck on a railroad spike

 

They should have called it MS64+RH, since it's round head screw.

 

FH for flat head screw driver.

 

I had thought of that, but then it'd be ambiguous as to whether it referred to the screwdriver or the screw. I wish they'd have included the screw size and thread pitch on the label, and not just the weight.

 

Or Coke bottle.