Genuine error or someone with too much time or their hands?

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Beachloan, Jan 16, 2014.

  1. Beachloan

    Beachloan Member

    Real or fake?

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  3. steelheadwill

    steelheadwill Active Member

    Weight and thickness will tell you, should be about .06" or 1.5mm thick and either 2.5 or 3.1 grams, odd how the Memorial is visible on obverse.
     
  4. Beachloan

    Beachloan Member

    It is underweight 1.9g and thin 1.3mm.
     
  5. rascal

    rascal Well-Known Member

    this one sure look like it may be a real mint error. the planchet may have split apart after the strike.
     
  6. Beachloan

    Beachloan Member

    Isn't this a pre-82? I thought it was 1 solid piece, how would it split? I am not questioning you, just trying to understand how that would be possible.
     
  7. jay4202472000

    jay4202472000 Well-Known Member

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  8. Beachloan

    Beachloan Member

    Thank you jay, in my mind a clad coin would be more likely to split.
     
  9. rascal

    rascal Well-Known Member

    this one looks like a full brockage should look but since the op said it was under weight and thin I thought the planchet may have been defective and came apart. I'm almost certain it is a real mint error.
     
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  10. jay4202472000

    jay4202472000 Well-Known Member

    +1
     
  11. AWORDCREATED

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    So the big win would be to find the other half :)
     
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  12. paddyman98

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    Also...looking at the bottom left of the reverse it kind of looks like a MAD - misaligned die
     
  13. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    It looks like It is struck through a mid to late stage die cap. Faint traces of the lincoln are showing through an enlarged distorted memorial. That the coin happens tobe underweight as well is just a bonus.

    It is not struck on a split planchet. If it was and the planchet split before strike the rev would be much weaker. If it split after strike the rev would be strong but the obv side would be much rougher, not that smooth.
     
  14. mikediamond

    mikediamond Coin Collector

    This is an in-collar uniface strike (full indent) on a split or rolled-thin planchet.
     
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  15. jay4202472000

    jay4202472000 Well-Known Member

    How rare is this Mike?
     
  16. Beachloan

    Beachloan Member

    I actually remeasured this and the thickness varies between .9-1.3mm
     
  17. mikediamond

    mikediamond Coin Collector

    They're not as rare as you'd think. They pop on on eBay pretty often. They're much more common than full-thickness, in-collar uniface strikes.
     
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  18. AWORDCREATED

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    No offense, but I am not buying this.
     
  19. rascal

    rascal Well-Known Member

    You never buy anything anyway LOL
     
  20. AWORDCREATED

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    Well .. . what are you selling?
     
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