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<p>[QUOTE="gatzdon, post: 217397, member: 8247"]I have at least 12 washington dollars now with all of the following identical:</p><p><br /></p><p>=1. Missing inscription (who hasn't heard of that one yet?)</p><p>=2. Strikethrough error (it was probably grease that was spun off one of the planchets before striking, but all of the 12 I'm referencing have an identical pattern of varying degrees of magnitude. I have many more strikethroughs with different patterns, so there must have been an issue with the equipment or at least near the equpiment to affect so many planchets)</p><p>=3. Die Clash (the die clash marks are identical. I assume die clashes tend to be similar as the raised surfaces are supposed to be the same, but given the identical strikethrough errors, I think it's a safe bet that these were the same dies)</p><p><br /></p><p>as for other errors I found I have</p><p><br /></p><p>=1998D Kennedy Half Partial Collar Broadstrike</p><p>=1997P Kennedy Half Strikethrough Grease (relatively faint, But I found it myself and I'm proud of myself for spotting it)</p><p>=1971 Kennedy Half Weak Strike. I'm not 100% certain on this, but when I first spotted it, I thought it was a proof because of the mirror like quality of the coin. Then I thought it might have been polished to a mirrorlike finish removing some of the details of the coins, but there are details still present that shouldn't be if it had been polished that much)</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I knew how to take pictures of these to upload. Maybe I'll try to find a setting that works with the scanner this weak to upload some pictures.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for listening.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh and I also have a nickel struck on a 1980P penny planchet that I found years ago. It's pretty cool.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gatzdon, post: 217397, member: 8247"]I have at least 12 washington dollars now with all of the following identical: =1. Missing inscription (who hasn't heard of that one yet?) =2. Strikethrough error (it was probably grease that was spun off one of the planchets before striking, but all of the 12 I'm referencing have an identical pattern of varying degrees of magnitude. I have many more strikethroughs with different patterns, so there must have been an issue with the equipment or at least near the equpiment to affect so many planchets) =3. Die Clash (the die clash marks are identical. I assume die clashes tend to be similar as the raised surfaces are supposed to be the same, but given the identical strikethrough errors, I think it's a safe bet that these were the same dies) as for other errors I found I have =1998D Kennedy Half Partial Collar Broadstrike =1997P Kennedy Half Strikethrough Grease (relatively faint, But I found it myself and I'm proud of myself for spotting it) =1971 Kennedy Half Weak Strike. I'm not 100% certain on this, but when I first spotted it, I thought it was a proof because of the mirror like quality of the coin. Then I thought it might have been polished to a mirrorlike finish removing some of the details of the coins, but there are details still present that shouldn't be if it had been polished that much) I wish I knew how to take pictures of these to upload. Maybe I'll try to find a setting that works with the scanner this weak to upload some pictures. Thanks for listening. Oh and I also have a nickel struck on a 1980P penny planchet that I found years ago. It's pretty cool.[/QUOTE]
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