I've seen several listings for "black gold" presidential dollars struck on "sintered" planchets, supposedly coated by metallic dust before annealing. Here's an example. Does anyone have an idea of the value of these coins? Should they be considered true errors?
I would be weary of any toned or sintered presidentail coins. These coins could have easily been altered. Don't know about value.
Just look at the reverse - see all those bumps ? It's a fake. As to value for a real one, no idea. I am not aware of any sales for an authentic sintered planchet Pres. dollar.
what a scam. Looks like they had a torch taken to them. Look at the so called "sintered" coins this seller has allready sold. Rare eh? http://search-completed.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&from=R10&satitle=SINTERED&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&sadis=200&fpos=80017&sabfmts=1&fis=2&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&seller=1&sass=safebob777&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search Washington and Adams both, and all sold at 30 to $40. amazing.
I've personally found about 3 Adams Sintered planchets and my brother-in-law has found 6 Washington Sintered planchets. None of ones listed by that seller look anything like the ones I've found. The guy doesn't even have the gall to throw out his rejects. Personally, sintered planchets don't do anything for me. My brother-in-law sold one on ebay (it was on the end of a roll and he sold the entire roll unopened for just under $130). I'm probably going to give him the ones I found too. After having read up on these, I think they are probably best characterized as damaged by the mint. I've also been finding sintered Kennedy Halves (98D and 97P), but haven't bothered to even set them aside. They appear to be very common and with the Kennedy halves, it's usually only sintered on one side (and more often than, only a portion of the side). Since they technically fall within Mint Specifications, I don't know if they can be considered an error.
