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<p>[QUOTE="10gary22, post: 977279, member: 23626"]When I first found this forum, I posted a 1941 with a slant one. I had seen one listed for sale on eBay and was avsolutely convinced I had found a major error. Even after experts told me what it was, I argued and demand an explanation for the toning, slant, etc. ALL of it. Then, I read and surfed and read. I can tell you without doubt that the coin was placed on top of a roll of coins in an automatic coin wrapping machine, It had the obverse up. The metal wrapping hook spun around the coin a few times rolling the end of the paper. It struck the 1 and actually knocked it into that postion. Nearly every year of the copper coins anyway has examples of them. I have since found 3 other 1941's with the 1 slanted exactly the same as each other and the one on your coin.</p><p> </p><p>They are great conversation pieces when showing them around, but the damage does not add value to the coin/</p><p> </p><p>It's still a neat find and each one teaches us that much more.</p><p> </p><p>I hope my mentors now realize that boneheaded I may be, I will dig until I know. Then pass that on.</p><p> </p><p>gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="10gary22, post: 977279, member: 23626"]When I first found this forum, I posted a 1941 with a slant one. I had seen one listed for sale on eBay and was avsolutely convinced I had found a major error. Even after experts told me what it was, I argued and demand an explanation for the toning, slant, etc. ALL of it. Then, I read and surfed and read. I can tell you without doubt that the coin was placed on top of a roll of coins in an automatic coin wrapping machine, It had the obverse up. The metal wrapping hook spun around the coin a few times rolling the end of the paper. It struck the 1 and actually knocked it into that postion. Nearly every year of the copper coins anyway has examples of them. I have since found 3 other 1941's with the 1 slanted exactly the same as each other and the one on your coin. They are great conversation pieces when showing them around, but the damage does not add value to the coin/ It's still a neat find and each one teaches us that much more. I hope my mentors now realize that boneheaded I may be, I will dig until I know. Then pass that on. gary[/QUOTE]
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