I went to my second bank today to get some washington dollar coins, all they had were 2 left. So i bought them and started looking through them. I didnt find any smooth edge coins, but i did find 2 coins that look like they have dropped letters. One coin has an almost complete G, about 80% complete, between the N in IN and the G in GOD. Its faint, but you can see it with my loupe. The second coin has a few spots, but 2 in particular i can see a backward S and either a O or a 0, again they are faint but i can see them with my loupe. Heres my question, and sorry if its been asked before.... Does a letter like this, one that doesnt belong, need to be seen with the naked eye before its 'counted' ? What would be the best way to see if its really a dropped letter (or whatever this type is called). I dont have any dealers near me. I thought about sending it to be graded, but dont want to wasted the money for it to be body bagged if its not really what i think it is .... Does anyone know what i should look for to determine if they are really dropped letters? They all look like they are backwards, and they all look raised above the surface (but like i mentioned its not raised very far so it is faint to see)... thanks for the help !!!
Hang on to it for a while until someone figures out how it is happening. The theory right now is one coin is impressing it's letter on another coin from the weight of the ballistic bag. But as far as I know, there is no consensus yet. Patience......
I have one in the same cache (pardon the pun). I have one coin from a roll which has several letters naked-eye noticeable in both mirror and normal formats. I'm also curious what the population of these is ??? PS: Edited to add a photograph of what I have
Can't help with error identification, but it doesn't need to be visible to the naked eye to be identified as an error. As long as it's there, doesn't matter if you use 1 X magnification or 200 X magnification. kidkayt, these 'extra letter' errors are being reported very frequently now. '
so, with more frequently reported 'extra' letters.. does it make the coins virtually worthless ... or what would be the apporximate value.. im asking not because i want to sell (never ever lol) but to try to figure if its worth it to get them slabbed.....
