Amazing 1964 5C Partial Collar with Struck Thru Spring - WOW

This NGC slabbed error is NOT mine! But I wish I could own it for just a nice price of $7,250 & free S/H - I have seen it before and now it's up for sale. I think is simply amazing! Did a spring pop out of a machine near the Nickel press and land in between the planchet and the hammer die.. or could it of been deliberately placed there?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-Jeffer...GC-MS64-/400902934311?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

 

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There's at least one other 1964 nickel with a struck-in spring, which makes me suspect there was human assistance.

 

@mikediamond - Yes! Do you mean this one?

 

LOL I see what you did there

 

Is that actually real? I mean, if so, talk about a retained strike through!

As to whether it was deliberately made or not, these would be around the era where such curiosities as a 1970-S proof quarter overstruck on a 1900 Barber quarter were created. I don't think anyone could get away with deliberately producing nonstandard coins at the Mint today.

 

NE has had this in their inventory for a long time. I believe it was originally priced at $10,000. Still seems substantially overpriced to me, but who knows?!?!

 

You are correct but not $10 Grand. This is from 2013...

 

Yeah, that's the one I was thinking of.

 

Wow--those are the oddest/coolest struck-throughs I've seen!

 

Mike, if I am not mistaken Fred has one of these? It was in Errorscope not that long ago if I remember correctly.

 

I think this is the same coin.

 

Mike - no need for an XRF analysis verification on this nickel!

WOW!

LOL!

John Lorenzo
Numismatist
United States

 

Very cool!

 

When I see a coin like that, I get sprung (apologies to Sir Mix-A-Lot).