Hello and welcome to my 34,000th like celebration thread. Thanks to member @Timewarp for that like Today I have a controversial "Mint Error" and the latest acquisition. I have seen these slabs being listed for over $500.00 when in reality the clip iteslf is only worth a few dollars. I won't purchase one of these slabs if they are more than $20.00 Here is another slab and some clad pieces from my collection (for those who haven't seen my old threads)
Controversial? I have a hard time seeing that as a blank of any sort. It would be a little more believable if it was a type two with upset rims. It seems like a gimmick to me.
Congrats on your 34k, @paddyman98 ! I wonder if these bowtie clips are really "mint errors". Are they are just the big metal sheet leftovers after punching out the coin blanks?
Congrats on all those likes Paddy! Looks like you could share the wealth with a few of those bow ties. If you want my address let me know and I'll send you my address. LOL Enjoy my friend!
The man said that it was a "controversial error". The controversy obviously is in whether it is an error or a piece of scrap metal.
I wasn't clear in my post above. My 'that's exactly what they are' reply was based on the last sentence in the post above mint. They are "just the big metal sheet leftovers after punching out the coin blanks'. The cut punched sheet pieces are not errors, but they are the leftovers from sheet punching out blanks. Hope this clarifies my post yesterday.
These pieces of chopped webbing are all over eBay. The Mint sends them out to be melted and recycled and there's no security involved the process. As Fred says, they're just scrap metal.
I don't think anyone is disagreeing with the OP. We are reinforcing the "controversy" aspect, by pointing out that the TPG is full of it.
The way you can tell they are just chopped up webbing and not pieces punched from the strip by the punches it from the ends of the bowties, the cuts are straight, not curved as they would be if the punches cut them out.
