A friend of mine is asking $3,700. It has great placement. Full and complete profile of both the Indian Chief AND a full body of the Buffalo ....
Full Date. It ia a beauty! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Surely not without help. I agree
No. "Mint-assisted" already implies someone at the Mint helped it along. "Mint-employee-assisted" is redundant as the coin could not have simply...
I would say it was defective before striking. "Struck on a Defective Planchet" is what I would call it
Not as cool in separate holders
It would be a "fake die strike on a genuine planchet."
I believe it would be a "dual planchet denomination, mated pair, chain strike."
I know you did ;)
Well, now that leads to another cool topic: Fake vs Altered vs Unauthorized. To me "fake" (a.k.a. counterfeit) means nothing about a coin is...
He was in South Carolina; moved to Florida a couple months ago. I have a feeling being near NGC could be a reason
Here is my 1907 Barber dime on a nail. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ( Yes, it is a counterfeit. But it's still cool! :) )
This is rightly and formally known as a "Mint-assisted" Error. Though these are genuine "error" coins in the sense that Eisenhower dies were not...
No; it's his brother, Jon, who is an error dealer now located in Florida.
at least 4-5 times i am aware of
I mean, WOW.... The only issue is this: Purposely created at the Mint or purely accidental? Hmmmm......... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nailed it
A "die variety" means the die had a flaw on it before it even struck a single coin. For example, large over small dates, rpms, and doubled dies....
If it is a die abrasion, then that is a die error, which is a Mint error in my opinion. However, it could also be from a worn die and could be...
34 planchets bonded together (sorry no reverse photo) [ATTACH]
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