On top of receiving my 1893-S Morgan (posted separately this morning) I just found this. I don’t buy from the Mint anymore but because of the 250th anniversary of our nation I did purchase a bag of half dollars. I got them sometime ago and yes, I paid the mint’s ridiculous price of them but I’m selling them in my antique shop for even more ridiculous price. I decided to do it with the half dollars because they make them everybody wants them and they don’t circulate. I’ve recovered a lot of the cost already and I’ve sold so many I was getting more out of the bag to put in 2 x 2 flips and put more down in my antique store. The bag has both P and D Mint marks. I pulled this out of the bag and couldn’t believe it. And to heighten my shock, it is a Denver coin. I’m so excited on my Morgan dollar but now I have this error coin that I’m sure is very much on the rare side. if you look at the pictures closely, you can obviously see what I’m talking about. And I’m not quite sure how to protect it. I’m still reeling from the shock of finding it. Add finding a strikethrough like this to get in an 1893S Morgan in my hands that looks as good as it does I’m at a loss for words. I didn’t take a picture of the reverse because when you see the verse who cares? If you really wanna see a reverse, I’ll take a picture of another coin, but I’m not laying this one face down. I don’t want it to break off. It’s a beautiful struck through with the wire that caused the strike through embedded into the coin and sticking up. I feel the pictures speak for themselves and I’m sure you can all understand my excitement. This is a once in a lifetime find and it took me 72 years to find it
I’ve never heard of a retained strike through and I discovered this one. I have no idea of its value either.
I was looking on the Internet and found that a retained strike through is 100 times rarer than a normal strike through. I already knew it but a strike through is the most common mint error.
I can't believe the wire did not come of banging against all the other coins in the bag. It must really be stuck in there.
It may not simply be "stuck" . . . if the same or compatible material, it may actually be welded to the coin, although it does look like the wire did lift off in other areas where it left an impression, so that seems not to be the case.
Must be a tough bit of wire with one end really struck in there to survive bouncing around through the mint. Is there a tall capsule that might protect it? I wonder how a TPG would slab it. Hopefully on topic: I originally thought my profile coin was struck through bits of whatever they use to polish the dies, with some of them retained. PCGS had graded it UNC Details Cleaned. I submitted it to ANACS along with 15 others of my Canadian and requested conservation. They called to ask what I wanted to do with this one, as it was coated in lacquer! I had no idea. I said go for it. When it came back, all my retained struck-throughs were gone. The bits were stuck in the lacquer, not the coin. Now as far as PCGS failing to recognize lacquer, or if they did, thinking a lacquered coin could be "cleaned"... ANACS gave it SP62 after conservation. Before/after. The scope image above is the obvious one below ET. @Collecting Nut are you going to submit it or keep it raw?
To me, it looks as if the one end is, for lack of a better word stuck in the coin, or should I say welding into the design of the coin. The other end freed up, leaving the structure impression on the coin surface. I don’t know of any holders that would allow this to be shown, but I do want to protect it. I’m sure I’ll be submitting to one of the TPG‘s but I’m not sure which one or how to do it at this point. My main priority is to protect it so it stays just as it shows in the photo.
@paddyman98 I know you’re in PR but I didn’t want you to miss this error. I just find it on a sealed mint bag that I purchased for the coins to sell in my antique shop. Thought you’d appreciate it. Just look at my photos. Have a great time!
Talk to the TPG first I guess. They must have some thick/wide holders to use, for example this Lincoln cent struck on a screw. https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/und...0-3160.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515
