Hello, I am new to error finding, but found about 15 of these out of 10 us mint "P" rolls (pls see photos) 1. the hind leg is away from bison 2. the stomach dosn't make contact with the front legs. 3. The left front leg is missing hair from leg. 4. Where the neck is it is missing hair also like a long streak. wish photos were a bit better..... thanks, and enjoy the forum mrb
Howdy mrb - Welcome to the Forum !! Unfortunately your pics did not make it. Please try to post them again.
I don't really see anything that unusual. The hind leg being away from the body is caused by a weak strike. The other things you mention can also be caused by a weak strike or die polishing.
This appearance is the result of intentional die abrasion ("die polishing"). The surface was abraded to get rid of superficial damage, perhaps from a die clash. This strike was not weak. Weak strikes have no effect on low-relief areas unless it's a verrry weak strike.
Thanks for the inputs.. hope to hear from more folks. the hind leg is neat but, I think it is interesting in the fact that where the rib-cage is it never connects to the back part of the front legs. compare my coin to it this picture again thanks, MrB
You can do a search on "detached leg bison 2005" and will get many results. I haven't seen one where the stomach is missing yet, but I guess yours are just a more advance deterioration/over polishing of a die. Some error collectors find your coins VERY collectable. Others don't. Either way, nice finds and Welcome to the Forum!!!
Hi, Yep! over abraded or over polished die. I'd be interested in seeing an obverse scan as well. Using 1983 cents for an example, I've seen "tons" of them that have Lincoln's neck and the front portion of his coat missing due to die polishing. It sometimes happens that dies clash imparting details from the obverse die onto the reverse die and vice versa. Deep polishing of dies such as the polishing probably done on the die that struck your five-cent pieces can be the results of attempts to remove the clash marks after two dies come together with nothing in between them. Have Fun, Bill
THANKS!!! for all the inputs... The other side of the coin(s) look normal. Is there a good website for a noob to find out more about overpolished dies etc... Hope to find more stuff in the future! V/r MrB
There really isn't any single site - everything is kinda specialized. You can find out about this on 1 site - that on another - and something else on yet another. Learning about coins, their peculiarities and all that goes with it isn't something you can do in a short time. And there is no single source that provides all the answers. Except maybe a coin forum. I've been doing it for 45 years and I still learn something new every day.
