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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rascal, post: 1335877, member: 29239&quot;]<font size="2">What would be a good nickname for this coin if it is a real mint error or variety coin. I probably will not receive it until after New Years day . I will have two days to decide if I want to keep it or not. Right now I&#039;m thinking it may be a keeper. It looks like some of the gouge lines if this is what it is are in the rope looking design. a lot of the good die gouge coins have the rope looking design. I have a few of the rare 2005 P bison coins with the big die gouge going from the bottom of the coin up to the mound the bison is on and they have the rope looking gouge. </font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">If someone takes a sharp knife and cuts a coin this creates a shallow V shape with raised up lines on each side of the sunken in v shape. I will be paying quite a bit for this coin if I keep it but where could I find another one like this if it is for real , what good is money if we don&#039;t spend it? I noticed that three of the lines appear to go under one of the folds of Lincoln&#039;s coat and one goes under liberty , this is a good sign it may be for real. the one on the reverse side also apears to look good. The big wide lines the one under liberty and the one at the back of Lincoln&#039;s head may have been what got the die retired if this is what happened.&nbsp; This will probably be one of my best coins if it is real if the government don&#039;t take it. I think they have eased up on grabbing the coins , I sure hope so. </font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">I think this is a simple mint goof up and may have not been done intentional but how could we know what happened. I do believe the mint workers are trying to help us collectors. look at all of the Minnesota and Oregon doubled die coins , the extra high and low leaf quarters and the speared bison coins and on and on . both the P and D mint 2005 bison coins have a big die gouge with the P mint ones with the largest gouge and not very many folks have seen one of them. Both the&nbsp; P and D mint bison&#039;s looks to be done intentional IMO. </font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">If this coin is for real there may be a few more of them out there somewhere. I&#039;ll let you know if I decide to keep the coin or not after I get to see it.</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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