just wonderin if anybody here knows if this is possible? how in the world to they have the webbing? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...470548&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_4753wt_963
It looks like it could be. But I doubt it. The planchet in the center is the dime and it's pieces of the roll that he has placed around it.
ive seen plenty of waffled coins but have you ever seen the webbing included?I dont want the webbing but if he is faking that than chances are the coin is too
That webbing is not attached. He just placed it around it to show where the waffled came from and how it works I think.
ok thanks alot. so are you saying its the real deal in your mind? hows does somebody obtain a coin such as this and furthermore the webbing? like i said before ive seen waffles before i just am wondering how somebody obtains them in the first place
I have seen it in person,NO it is not real webbing from coins.actually it is thinner than a coin.it is from a machine shop IT IS A GIMMICK a gimmick is a quirky feature that distinguishes a product or service without adding any obvious function or value
Beware,there are alot of waffles that are not real too.they are machined at a machine shop.if you look real close you can distinguish them from the real deal.
I don't see how the guy could have all those small pieces unless he cut up a strip. This is a strip from the 43 cent.
I really don't see the attraction to this item, and apparantly no noe else does either... no bids as of this posting.
it took me a little while to spot fake clips from real ones, maybe you could explain what I am looking for on a authentic waffle? that would be real cool. thanks
there are 2 kinds,blanks and struck coins.the easiest way is to get one that is certified.the fakes will have weird gouges in them,and the waffling is wrong
didnt know anybody had a holder for these coins. so if the TPG's can certify them then Im guessing mint workers didnt steal these coins. which makes me wonder once again. how do these get out of the mint?
Since Mad Outcast has seen it in hand and says the webbing is too thin I believe that it is faked, but such a thing as what is presented in the auction IS possible. The mint does run rejected coins trough the waffling machinery, and they do chop up the webbing that remains from the strip after it is blanked. As to how they get out of the Mint, the waffled coins and the webbing scrap is sold. Usually it is purchased back by the suppliers of the strip coils to the Mint but it is possible for others to buy it as well. Once the coins are waffled they are no longer considered coins and so it is all just so much scrap metal. Once the new owner takes possession of the scrap they can do whatever they want to with it. The real waffled coins and webbing scrap probably come from an employee at one of the suppliers or a scrap metal dealer.
There is also the possibility that someone works at a regular machine shop and is getting scraps from sheets that are cut for other purposes.the reason I say this,as it has never been available before,why? out of no where could so much of it be available,getting stuff like that out of the mint would be so difficult,and the profit would be so low,why risk your job? you would be better sneaking massive errors out.its just not reasonable at all.I have worked in machine shops,and seen this type of stuff laying around.
