How does a coin leave the mint without the reverse or obverse this day and age ?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Hazmatt, Nov 23, 2022.

  1. Hazmatt

    Hazmatt Active Member

    With todays technology how does a coin get out of the mint without the reverse or obverse, & how does it effect the value of the coin?
     
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  3. desertgem

    desertgem Senior Errer Collecktor

    Maybe this site will allow you to describe the type of effects on the coin. They show some ground-down man made coins which we see occasionally and also a few die caps over the years. We would need to see a photo for more exact information.
    https://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins.pl?coin=20187

    Jim
     
  4. desertgem

    desertgem Senior Errer Collecktor

    Sorry, I read your post as one OR the other side. Neither side would be a blank planchet that are very often available and the article says that mint representatives often give them out to scouts and other organizations as memorabilia. Jim
     
  5. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    Haz - could you show us a picture of what you are referring to?

    There are absolutely ways that a coin could be made with a seemingly blank side, but they are very rare and very valuable.

    Far more often, when we see "blank" sides, what we are seeing is a coin with the side ground off with a machine after it left the mint. Those are obviously... less valuable.
     
  6. Heavymetal

    Heavymetal Well-Known Member

    Capped die errors have varying degrees of impression on one side only
    Sometimes ghosting 3F870659-44A0-47CD-A1E5-912046363698.jpeg 4ACF5ED3-AF85-4215-B549-A2FCDDC42896.jpeg 96250933-D8A5-48D1-B4EF-41F781B7BE4C.jpeg
     
  7. Heavymetal

    Heavymetal Well-Known Member

    Sometimes with a Brockage 0359996F-7020-4955-94EC-54913948ABBE.jpeg 60D782E9-0413-4102-86F3-BC153891CBDE.jpeg Pictures of a coin in question would help us to help you
     
  8. Hazmatt

    Hazmatt Active Member

     

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  9. Hazmatt

    Hazmatt Active Member

    I guess this is what they call a unistrike or something weird like that , my friend talks so fast I can't keep up with him so excited it's like an auctioneer talking
     
  10. Heavymetal

    Heavymetal Well-Known Member

    Upset rim on remaining obverse
    Reverse ground/sanded off. Upset rim gone
    Just damaged
     
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  11. Clawcoins

    Clawcoins Damaging Coins Daily

    yup, where's the upset rim on the reverse.
    not there ... so it somehow was removed.

    weigh the coin.
    compare its weight to another one with full designs on both sides.
     
  12. desertgem

    desertgem Senior Errer Collecktor

    Thank you for the photo, Yes, I agree with the last 2 posts above. Jim
     
  13. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    No reverse rim so it was probably ground down and that means it’s damaged.
     
  14. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    Only way for a coin to leave the mint with one side blank is to have two planchets enter the coining chamber at the same time. But the blank side will NOT be flat and smooth, and the struck side will be unusually bold from the higher than normal striking pressure .
     
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  16. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    And to add to my comment of yesterday, with the way the planchets are fed into the current horizontal striking presses a situation such as I described is probably impossible today.
     
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  17. Mountain Man

    Mountain Man Supporter! Supporter

    Man-made damage. Ground down on reverse. Wonder if a CoinStar would reject it? LOL
     
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