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It's certainly looking promising. If those extra design elements are incuse (as they appear to be) then we're probably looking at a strike through a multi-struck fragment of metal. There's no reason that it couldn't have been supplemented by grease in certain areas. If a thin piece of metal is struck against a planchet, it molds itself to the recesses of the die face. The metal in those recesses is slightly thicker than the metal over the field since the effective striking pressure is lower in those recesses. If the metal becomes dislodged, those thicker areas are driven into the next planchet, creating normally-oriented, incuse elements.

 

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Hey man, that's awesome! I can honestly say I haven't stopped grinning since I saw the envelope in the mailbox

 

That is a really cool find. Please keep us posted when you finally determine what caused it.
Joe

 

Awesome! I'd love to have you check it out in hand. Is there a procedure I need to follow? I would be honored to have a coin of mine featured in your article. Please instruct me on how you would like to proceed with it as I've never sent in a coin for authentication before... Feel free to PM me, and thanks so much for your valuable insight!

Where'd the dang "like" button go?

 

Well I have been staying off this thread like I said I would do and give the PRO's a chance to weigh in. looks like some of them already did so I know my opinions are not worth much here on the CT forum but I'll tell you my opinion anyway. where you said the coin was overweight this is probably because some of the metal from the struck thru die cap "'if that is what is" may still be in this coin. I can see what looks like extra flakes of metal on the coin. The extra flakes of metal is what caused one of my struck thru die cap coins declared PMD by lots of folks here on CT.also the rim of your coin near the U is rounded like the unusal thing I own. I'm not saying that is bad, this may mean good after your coin is examined closely. The area that looked like extra letters don't look like extra letters to me at all after seeing these last photos. this looks as if the wadded up remants of what was left of the die cap created these places from the wrinkles in the dropped die cap. remember folks that I am only looking at photos here and mostly guessing.

If a worn out die cap remains in perfect condition without becoming wadded up and lands on a coin planchet with the right side turned down towards the planchet and the dies pushes it into the coin it can make a impression that some of us calls a dropped die filling with the details of lots letters , numbers and design sunken into a coin . I'm hoping to find one of those. You have a great coin here just like I told you before. Congratulations

edit; Where I said what looked like extra letters in the ebay photos don't look like extra letters in your better photos I was not talking about the tiny places near the design and the letters.I was talking about the larger places like the place at the top of the N. the tiny places not visible in the ebay photos do look like about at least three extra sets of letters and and was probably done by the die cap being struck thru numerous times and was working somewhat as a coin die by transferring the design back onto your coin. this shows that the die cap or whater it was that did the strike thru was stuck onto the die. there is probably more of these out there somewhere but not very many... your coin will be educational for a lot of us and maybe some folks can learn from it. I need to learn how to get good photos like you do and maybe folks would stop calling my coins PMD.

 

You can contact me at mdia1@aol.com. -- Mike

 

Update

This coin has been sent today to Mike Diamond for error authentication/diagnosis. This is one of a group of 4; each has its own thread here on CT, and will be updated accordingly. I'm coming out of my shell a bit folks! This is the first batch of coins I've ever sent anywhere for any reason! I feel both nervous and excited about this... and I hope those interested will stay tuned and learn the results as I do..... keeping fingers crossed!

 

These were some interesting threads you started. This one in particular I'm curious what the verdict is.

 

Drumroll please!!!!!

Mr. Diamond received my coins today. Via email, his determination on this coin is:

" The reverse face of the 1967 cent does have a struck-through error that runs along the bottom of the Memorial and then hugs the inside of the design rim from 4:00 to 12:00. I do believe the foreign object (or objects) was metallic. The portion that runs across the Memorial appears to have been struck several times (perhaps four times) prior to the strike that generated your coin (your coin was struck just once). The piece of metal shifted slightly between each strike, which is why the left lower corner of the Memorial shows a ripple-like pattern of duplicate outlines. Doubling appears along the right bottom edge of the Memorial as well."

I don't like to paraphrase a professional opinion, hence the quotes. Well, one outta 4 ain't bad.... now the big question.... value? I almost want to slab it now regardless. It's a multiple error strike through in, eh, EF45.

Thanks to Mike for the valuable insight !

 

Has anyone seen a strike-through a multi-struck metal fragment with indent sell before? I can't seem to find one...

 

congrats , remember I told you this was a good coin. I have one that is similar to your's that everyone on this forum called PMD but I knew it was a mint error. I sent it to the best coin person in the business IMO and he said about what Mike said about your coin. The expert said: [ As for the 1978 cent, it looks to me like it was struck through a late stage
capped die where the cap was moving out of the centered position. I'd agree
that it is a mint error.] your coin and mine sure are weird looking. It appears to me that whatever they were struck thru must have been struck several times before it got struck into our coins , that's really weird and I have never heard of this until lately.

 

It might be hard to find sales of coins similiar to yours, they're pretty much one of a kinds. Here's a dime that sold on the bay that's not slabbed but is somewhat like yours. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-Roosev...68?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item519f3b2a48
If it were mine, I might have it slabbed. Don't know if you'll make a killing on it, but I would think you should at least be able to cover your costs if you go to sell it.
BTW thanks for posting your results, it was an education.

 

It would not be worth slabbing, in my opinion. Its value is likely to be in the $25 - $35 range.

 

Well, it's been a fun ride on this one. Thanks for reading!