Somebody made a Big Oopsie on my Newest Prooflike Coin

Just bought this nickel.... well, it's sort of a nickel. Someone made a big oopsie. Twice. You see the obvious off center strike, but what's cool is there is a double strike (just barely).

But even cooler... NGC MS-67 PL... yeah, that's right. It's prooflike.

 

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Cool! Okay, so it's like a proof coin? Sort of like the "Little Engine that Could" (Thomas the Tank).

 

Haha, no, it is not like a proof coin... it's a prooflike coin.

I collect PL coins... and I love off-center errors like this because it proves that PLs received no special treatment on the planchet (as some have claimed). The reflective surfaces come completely from the dies.

This is now the 4th off-center I own designated PL.

 

And apparently no special treatment during and after striking either. Or maybe this one was really special treatment.

 

Nice.

 

I don't collect this particular type of error coin, but yours is clearly a winner. Thanks for sharing it.

 

These prooflike coins are just the first few (hundreds?) struck with new dies. Sometimes I get a mint sewn bag of coins that all look like they are proof!

 

Me too, in my dreams.