It could be a strikethrough, but just because it is uncirculated does not mean that it can't be PMD. Even if it were in an Airtite (which yours isn't) it could be easily removed and damaged afterward. Personally, I'm leaning toward a strikethrough, but I would still like a better close-up. Your photo is too blurry. Chris
I know it's not the best picture, that's all my camera can do It can be enlarged if you click on it, if any help. What is a strike through? Like a piece of debris got caught up?
I did use the "enlarge" function. The problem is that all it does is enlarge the "blur". A strikethrough can be almost any object that falls onto the planchet before it is struck. Once the die strikes the foreign object, its shape is impressed into the planchet. Sometimes, it remains embedded and is called a "retained strikethrough" but most often it falls out once the coin is ejected from the coining chamber. Chris
Ase's are plagued with minor strikethroughs. Usually it's a small brush wire that looks like a strand of hair or scratch while some can look like large gouges. Yours falls somewhere in between if it is one and it looks like a good possibility
Were it not for the fact that there is no corresponding letter on the design of the coin, I'd say it was struck through a dropped letter. If it was struck through a dropped letter that would be a pretty big deal.
To piggyback off what @cpm9ball said about being uncirculated. It doesn't mean much. May I present to you the 2013 ASE suicide hit:
Does ANACS have a complaint hot-line? I'm being facetious of course. That hit or struck thru is the reason I bought it. I bought the coin (this time), not the slab.
I would have, too. It's like the counterfeit you willingly buy because you know you'll get miles from it in forums for years to come.
I don't want the hijack this thread but I think it ran its course. I understand terms mint error and PMD. I often wondered if a mint product is proven or obviously damaged during packaging, intentionally or malicious damage, mislabeled, a mint employees big fat fingerprint on a commemorative sealed coin, mint/proof sets with the wrong denominations, etc.. "before" it left the mint, you would think it would be a mint error. But I guess it would just be a nice conversation piece.
That ANACS coin was sold by HSN at start of 2013. They had to grade 12k coins within days. Mistakes happen.
The term Mint Error refers to a mistake that happens during the actual STRIKING of the coin, not anything that may happen within the building known as The Mint. Many coins get damaged before they leave the building but that is just damage. Richard
I know. I do understand that. Your point is well taken. But you would think, if a mint product was damaged before it left the mint (while still in the mints possession), it would (or should) be called a mint error. If the product didn't leave the mint as intended.......Well, I guess they do have a return policy. With that said, I kinda like looking for the unusual anomalies coming from the mint anyway.
