Ain't She Purty?

Here is my latest and last FS coin for a while or at least until gold drops below $950.

 

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gorgeous! Who is she?..lol

 

Yes this is one of the better designs IMO.

Just wish I would have kept up with the series. I stopped after the first couple and then sold those off.

 

Julia Tyler. President Tylers wife. Not sure if you were joking or not.

 

very nice!!! Gold broke $1000.00 today, might be a while before you buy another coin....

 

i agree graet desingn
and the coin is spotless

 

Say it ain't so, Joe! :crying:

If you see a coin about to discontinue with a mintage < 1000, you'll have to break down and buy it! :kewl:

 

Thank you. Its not like the one that I am sending back......it had a very large strike through at about 6 o'clock on the coin. Not really visible by the naked eye, but with a little bit of magnification... BAM!!! There is was. Ugly darn thing! And just to think.....the next person in line will get it.

 

Did you take a picture of it before you sent it back? I was wondering if it was a damaged coin or a mint error. You may have sent back a $1,000,000 coin!

 

I'm curious about that too...

 

I still have the coin, but it is packed up. Remember, I only have seven days to return the coin so time is of the essence. It does not look like post mint damage. It could be a planchet defect, but I doubt it. To describe it the best, it looks as though a small piece of thread was caught between the planchet and the die and this squiggly line was stamped into the face of the coin. I will unpack the coin just for you guys and try to snap some pics.....just because I love my fellow FS freaks! :high5:

 

Pics are forthcoming.

 

Sweet!

 

Thoughts? I won't ship out until I get comments from my fellow pros.

 

Interesting! That's something, alright. I have no idea what that is...but it's something! It seems to stop at the rim.

I'm guessing it has to be one of three possibilities...

1) Planchet defect
2) Foreign matter on the die
3) Die crack

I was going to say #2, but wouldn't it also show on the rim? It doesn't look like any die crack I've ever seen, so I'm thinking #1, Planchet defect. It would be cool if it turned out to be a Die crack of some sort.

Thanks for the pictures! I can't wait to read what the REAL CT Numismatists have to say about this.

 

Where are the pros when we need them. You might want to send an e-mail with the photos to Fred Weinberg.

here is his website: http://www.fredweinberg.com/

 

I wouldn't suspect that it is a valuable mint error. Could be post mint damage. After looking at it again a bit more closely, I also noticed that the mark does not go through the rim so it may not be a strike through as originally thought. The mark is dug into the coin, but I was always told to look for raised rims of a scratch to determine if it is a strike through vs. a planchet gouge or scratch. The rims or edges of the scratch appear to be flat with the field of the coin - (ie - not raised)

If someone is interested in acquiring it, just PM me otherwise, it most likely will be mailed back tomorrow.

 

I really appreciate you taking the time post the pics...I only wish I knew more about coins to offer something more than an uneducated guess. Whatever the reason for the error...it's clear it was caused in the minting process. That alone makes it something worth identifying...(imho).

 

Joe, I recently ordered another set of the Van Buren's...before the price increase and I just received them today. The unc is spectacular, but the proof has a similar defect as yours.

Mine isn't next to the rim; it's in the center of field to the left of the bust...it's more of an "S" shape than your "U" shape. I gotta think it's some foreign matter on the die or planchet. Do you think this is a defect I should send back?

 

I think is one of the nicer looking coins in the series. I like it!