Unless there is a current employee stealing coins, ('current leak') the Govt., again, in general, is interestedin 1933 $20's, 1964-D Peace...
Laminated planchet
Those two coins above were taken at my table at the ANA. Those were made on purpose, right after all the publicity about the Sac. Quarter Mule...
"the other way around" are assisted errors - As long as they are not current coinage (dated 2017 or 2018), in general, the Mint/Treasury isn't...
As in the first reply, its a die crack and a die chip
"environmentally damaged' surfaces. It's been in some type of liquid that affected the surfaces, as you see them.
I seriously doubt a half-dozen will be found in the next few years.
Seemed like a bargain
That is not an SMS coin.
....and I thought I was the only one who was 'snarky' Guess I lost my title.....
Nice amount of glue on that coin. But, as others have mentioned, show that we're wrong, and submit it to any of the three top Authentication...
PMD
Actually, I would assume that if the Mint made an Experimental Planchet, they DID intend on striking a coin on it - to see how it strikes up, how...
It's an error as in 'error' in quotes. I explained above how Blanks and Planchets are considered 'errors'.
Mechanical/ejection doubling Not a doubled die
Nice BU coin (Beat Up)
Blanks and Planchets that get out of the Mint are considered Errors in the general sense of the word - they're 'errors' in that they were not...
The San Francisco Hoard was my group of coins and mostly blanks and planchets that I purchased from the son of a San Francisco Mint employee...
I predict, when photos are posted, it's either a 'struck thru' error, or feeder finger scrapes on the die.
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