Anyone see this new Bonkers piece on the market at Great Collections??

It's Nutz!! Already broke $10K+
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1822115/1972-D-Eisenhower-Dollar-Struck-on-Feeder-Finger

 

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Now look what you did! You brought out the crazies again.
This is what my wife would say about me buying something like this...

 

Does the mint sell these to high end auction houses or sellers? This surely did not end up in a mint sewn bag that some random collector found! I thought the mint was supposed to destroy these errors. Was this "hand carried" out of the mint?

 

I was gonna say! Some employee needs to be disciplined harshly.

 

before or after gelding you?

 

1972

During those years there were a lot of "Errors" that were moved from the US Mint to collectors. There were a mix of intentional and actual examples. The regulations became stricter over time to avoid possessing them. One known way of sneaking them out of the US Mint was to drop them into the oil pans of the transport trucks/lifts and getting them out after leaving the facility.

 

Exactly why I don't consider those as collectable within a series. They should not be part of the population of any given denomination, date or mint.

 

I find them interesting. I enjoy the subset "Intentionally Created Errors"! Especially ones that are extraordinary with phenomenal eye appeal! Some people get a Torch mob brewing when this subject surfaces but...people are entitled to their opinions, for me, unless there is actual proof i'm ok with it. The coins exist and are available, I enjoy owning, buying, trading them. I see claims of "a mint employee did this or that"...do you know they did this? is there any proof of who or when?? I think a focus on how the pieces get out of the Mint is an ongoing mystery. I remember Fred discussing the Forklifts and how they used the oil pans to smuggle out a variety of Proof errors. Maybe large, inconceivable errors where made back in the 60s/70s by normal traditional ways but were snuck out as such and weren't meant to make a few bucks but as personal trophy/souvenirs. Does that mean they were actually man-made? Maybe/maybe not, all speculation. The QC back then wasn't as advanced as it is now. They most likely didn't have the precautionary measures to prevent errors from escaping like current technology. I mean aren't All mint errors not supposed to leave the mint?