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<p>[QUOTE="Delmer, post: 216746, member: 8219"]Everyone here seems to have at least one really cool error coin in their collection that drops jaws when revealed. Mine is certainly yawnworthy but I'll list it.. I wonder if others might show their favorite here too?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have 2 of the boaring smooth-edge Washington dollars but they came from the same set of dies. They both are slabbed and labeled "Die Chip" in addition to being "Missing edge letters". I recently noticed that besides the die chip that left raised metal inside one of the "S"'s, both coins have the longest chin-die-crack I've seen.. hard to see but running right up Washington's cheekline. The 2 coins are identical down to 3 pinpoint size die chips all in the same locations around each field. They are both also off-center a bit. THey graded 64(scratched one) and 65.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first attached picture was taken before they were graded and sealed.. but it shows the pair of die-chip marks in the "S"'s. The second picture is taken through the sealed holder. It's hard to tilt them right to pick up the crack's entire length.. it looks like one crack is more prevalant than the other and it is.. but the difference isn't as great as the photo shows.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Delmer, post: 216746, member: 8219"]Everyone here seems to have at least one really cool error coin in their collection that drops jaws when revealed. Mine is certainly yawnworthy but I'll list it.. I wonder if others might show their favorite here too? I have 2 of the boaring smooth-edge Washington dollars but they came from the same set of dies. They both are slabbed and labeled "Die Chip" in addition to being "Missing edge letters". I recently noticed that besides the die chip that left raised metal inside one of the "S"'s, both coins have the longest chin-die-crack I've seen.. hard to see but running right up Washington's cheekline. The 2 coins are identical down to 3 pinpoint size die chips all in the same locations around each field. They are both also off-center a bit. THey graded 64(scratched one) and 65. The first attached picture was taken before they were graded and sealed.. but it shows the pair of die-chip marks in the "S"'s. The second picture is taken through the sealed holder. It's hard to tilt them right to pick up the crack's entire length.. it looks like one crack is more prevalant than the other and it is.. but the difference isn't as great as the photo shows.[/QUOTE]
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