Looks like the edge of the coin has been beaten (damaged) by a spoon. This method is called spooning and it’s used to make a ring. A dime is small...
All I can see is blue arrows. Need a photo of the edge in that area.
It’s a nice looking CWT.
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Still praying for you and glad your still around.
Yours is on the other side. Be nice if we each had one with a clip on both sides. :)
Is it me or are incomplete planchet errors becoming more readily available? Just seems to be I’m seeing more of them for sale on various venues.
This really is a nice CWT. I’ve had it for awhile and just hadn’t opened the package. Shame on me.
PS. The point I posted in the thread it’s not the only older coin I have that has a clip from an incomplete planchet. I have other examples. I...
Man that’s too difficult to say without seeing a coin as it could be either. Take the coin and lay it flat and put another point exactly the same...
Despite the NGC label you know it’s an incomplete planchet with a curved clip. Looks like another Half Dollar would fill the void nicely....
Glad to hear from you and what a wonderful thing you’ve been doing. If I saw this coin I would say the same thing, a fractured die. After looking...
Nice but you have an extra 7 where a 1 should be.
If you get a fourth safe in the house I may be hearing of a murder in Charleston. Lol
About the same Sal. They still use a sharp piece of metal machinery to cut the planchets. Lol :smuggrin:
Randy, I have thought about this since I first responded and the more I think about it the more I think you should seriously reconsider purchasing...
The different does show. I think mine is a low to mid AU brown.
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