2009 Lincoln PF Silver Dollar Struck-Through

I agree. I believe I'll send this one to Mr. Potter and let him have a look at it. I'll post here when I find out. Thanks.

 

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Great find!!!I send to be attributed / Potter, Wexler or Mike Diamond

 

Thanks Jello!

Do you or anyone here have an opinion as which of the three would be best to send it to?

 

I don't see any reason to have an obvious struck-thru attributed.

It is not a die chip because it is perfectly round. Whatever it was probably didn't survive too many more strikes, if any, after yours.

 

I agree with Cashdude, I don't see why sending it to an Examiner is a good idea. Send jpegs (or PM) to Mike D. and ask his opinion. If it is a strike through of some sort it hardly warrants an in hand inspection.

 

Thanks for the input. What you guys are saying makes perfect sense. This isn’t a major error. In fact it may be insignificant. There is no real advantage for me personally in paying an expert to attribute what clearly is(In my opinion) an obvious struck through error. It’s value now is minimal and I could easily spend more than the coin is worth in fees, insurance and postage. Not to mention the hassle.
On the other hand, this is a proof of a popular coin that will probably remain popular for some time to come and I can’t help but feel that with most of them grading out at MS69 and 70 collectors are going to be starving for any variety they can find in the future.
And I certainly have seen some of the most insignificant things become very important over the years.
Some people might think I’m silly but I owe it to the hobby to at least have it documented.
When I was a young man I would have just flipped it.
Man! I must be getting old.

 

I never said it wasn't worth much, I just said why bother having a struck through attibuted?

It would be better to just have it slabbed and see if they will put struck thru on the card with the grade. It just depends on if you want to crack it out of its mint case that it is in right now.

Actually, when new coins like this come out, even small errors can bring a big premium. A struck thru like this is not common on a proof, so don't think I was being rude or anything. I bet this would actually bring a nice premium for the next few months.

 

Wow, that is interesting. I can't wait to hear more theories on it...

 

Cashdude, No, I didn't think for a second that you were being rude. What you're saying makes sense. I have this little error here and I'm just hashing out what to do about it.

I don't have alot of experience with error coins which is why I decided to speak up here on the forum.

Telling me what you think is only helping me out and I appreciate it!

 

I would say a strike thru error it does not look like a die chip but if you feel you want to send it in to make sure do it.
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my 2 cents

this was about 3 year ago I found 1964 Mint set that pick at a coin show or yard sale. but the Philly quarter had a dropped letter on GW forehead it was an A . I sold to Fred Whineburge $300.00 still sealed in the mint wrapper
so there a market for error like dropped letters.

 

Hey, give Abe a break. A 200 year old man would in no means be flawless!

 

But It definently looks like a strike through. There a dozen O's on the reverse.
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Didn't you mean dropped letter? It can happen.

 

A piece of the obv or rev die breaks off before they ck there dies.that is what I have been told
:kewl:but the a few page in the back of the Red Book that explains mint errors

 

Just a thought...

So many of the coins were sold out during the first sale back in the spring, the mint might have been forced to use coins that normally would have been rejected. It will be fun to see if this or other errors show up in sets.

 

I agree!!!
but a $5-$10.00 ck by Potter or Wexler my yield big $$$$$

 

My set is clear.

 

I'm getting old too

Because I agree with you about having it documented I must be getting old as well. I haven't been collecting errors long but now in my retirement I have the time to play with my coins. Nothing like finding something that hasn't ( as far as you know) been see by anyone else. Even if it turns out not to be much at least you've had the enjoyment of the experence. I have a coin looked at by Ken Potter now because I found no explanation that satisfied my curiousity.

 

It doesn't look like a milk spot to me. Looks like damage at the mint of some source but I could tell you what kind.