Hi, everyone! I just registered tonight. I've shown this coin on other forums, but I don't know if there any here who have ever seen it. This came from one of the proof sets I ordered from the Mint. There only about 12 known to exist, but what is even more remarkable, at least to me, is that it is graded by NGC PF70 Ultra Cameo - Mint Error - Rev Die Gouge. Chris
Hello there, Wow what an interesting coin, one I was unaware of. Only 12 exist? How did you learn of that? Regards, Stan
Very Cool Die Gouge Chris:thumb: Congratulations. Looks like the buffalo kicked the die before minting LOL Looks like hoof Terry
There was an article about it in CW not long after the proof sets were released from the Mint. One collector in the southwest U.S. apparently purchased 10 sets. He used 9 of them as Christmas gifts and kept one for himself. He soon discovered that all 10 had the same error. I had two of the sets, but at the time, I was ordering for myself and a friend who didn't have an account with the Mint. When I checked all four sets, I saw that only two had the error, so I gave one of them to my friend. It was only fair. To my knowledge, no others have been reported. Chris
I didn't bother posting a photo of the slab, because the thumbnails here are so small that you wouldn't have been able to see any details. Is there a way that we can enlarge photos to, say, 640x480? Chris
Thank for sharing! that!!! OK pardoned me! :kewl:but I have seen new folk that have just started collecting thing that everything in a US Proof set was at a PR-70 grade.that why I asked
There has to be more than 12 of them. They just haven't been noticed yet and are probably sitting in sets all over the place. Since that is attributed to a damaged die, every coin struck by that die will have that mark. Keep in mind that population reports generally mean very little as no one knows how many of something is really out there on most of these kinds of things.
Far fewer coins are produced from proof dies as opposed to business strikes from normal dies. The thing you have to keep in mind about the proof coins, is that the quality control is stricter, and the coins are screened more carefully as they are prepared and packaged for shipping by hand. Most of the coins with flaws are usually recycled. That's why most proof errors generally have lower pops. Chris
You might be surprised. If the coins are actually inspected once they are struck once they noticed that gouge the die would have been pulled. It could have very well have been after twelve coins, or if it was never noticed then somewhere between 1500 and 5000 coins.
