Im looking for a specific error??

Ive been googling different keywords and the closest I've found is blundered or indirect transfer but basically ive recieved a couple of mint sets in the mail and my 1990D nickel has slight lettering underneath the words E Pluribus unum. Directly underneath the letter I there is an S. Underneath the letter R farther down is the letters A and C. Underneath the letter L there is an upside down A next to a smaller scratch that looks like an A. I see the edge of a coin underneath the S. Whats weird is letters are the size of the token coin or possibly the penny. Thanks for all your help. I sometimes feel silly because I have learned so much already but cant adequately use a search engine. Hope I got something good here fingers crossed

 

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I see nothing..
There is no reason for any "letters" to be found where you say they are especially upside down letters.. Nothing to do with a Indirect Transer error.
I think it is just Paredolia.. You are seeing things IMHO

 

I probably just want to find an error so bad that your right but darn it I want to know if its a common thing or not

 

@Chimmychanga
Some people find errors quickly.. If they are lucky.. And others may never find one..
I still search after 34 years of collecting errors but not as much. I purchase most of my recent acquisitions! Much easier!

These are my 34 years of certified Mint Errors. Add about 20 slabs since this picture! And hundreds more in the raw!

 

you have to learn to be unbiased.

if you are spending so much time convincing yourself that you do have an error, then you are probably waaaayyyy beyond biased.

Just send a bunch of coins in to be graded and get them back in body bags and lose a bunch of money a few times. That might help break the biasness.

FYI, next time you take pics, turn OFF the flash. Go to a room that is well lite, beyond what you see because the sensor has to have light. And take it out of the plastic too.

 

You're putting the cart before the horse. I keep telling so many of the newcomers to the hobby that they must learn how coins are made before they start looking for errors.

Chris

 

yes, Pareidolia is a common thing, especially in people looking for error coins...

 

It's possible that you're seeing reflections
of the mint set soft plastic on the coin,
leaving all sorts of strange shapes, thru the plastic.

There does not appear to be any extra lettering
on the coin - some bag marks, yes, but no letters.

 

Yesterday when I posted some previous pictures of a Zincoln Mintmark eating itself, I noticed that last picture on the right, the "Fall-Off", it appears to have a "2" and a "y" inset in the implosion.

I can easily convince myself that it is there because I want to identify shapes and markings into what I am looking for which is Numbers and Letters (the bias of what I'm looking for), which are prevalent on coins. Of course, we know that is simply damage that kinda looks like a 2 and y, but isn't.

This is where you have to eliminate your bias to "wanting it to be something" and learn about the minting process, damage vs real errors, etc.



Do you see it now ?


Is it really there ?

 

harsh, but true words, Hard to beat the truth.

 

Looks like scratches or other damage on the coin making them look like letters. as @ken54 said; pareidolia.

 

https://www.livescience.com/25448-pareidolia.html

I wonder how a psychiatrist would treat this problem.

 

I am not gonna lie, this is pretty embarrassing. I had second thoughts on posting this but I decided that I would just see if this error exsisted. Now I see with all the comments that my intuition or gut feeling was right. I shouldn't have even bothered posting. To be honest I'm wet behind the ears and enthusiastic about investing and finding cool unique coins. This is the first time ive had an actual hobby besides my love for all things music. I do appreciate all the feedback. Some good news I found my first proof CRH today. Its banged up pretty good

 

No, you probably did the right thing by posting. You weren't sure and if you hadn't posted you still would be wondering. The fastest way to learn is to ask questions. Also there are probably others who are reluctant to post similar things and they may also learn from the answers to your question. As they say the only dumb question is the one you don't ask.

Usually we are pretty gentle on people unless they come in admitting they don't know much and then after getting their answers start arguing that the answers are wrong.

 

Like the t shirt Paddyman ,need to get me one of them just to see the smile on my wife's face

 

You might have a full step designation on the reverse of the coin at monticello ... thinking on the + side of things

 

his coin is a proof, proofs dont get full steps designation, full steps are a givin with proofs, but since his coin spent time in circulation it is now an impaired proof...

 

Is that a proof ...dam drank too much tramp juice so missed that

 

Tramp juice???

 

Sterno mixed with whatever juice left in the bottles in trash cans.