GTG Silver Eagle ASE Error

MS64 struck on 3M sandpaper? "American Sandpaper Eagle" is the new meaning of "ASE."

 

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That's insane. Who's to say that this couldn't have been garage-made? How could PCGS possibly authenticate it?

 

Try and replicate. I believe its been tried.

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Everyone always says that yet no one will make one and send it in

 

Hey, anyone want their kids tooth or lock of hair slabbed?

 

I already posted one way to do it in this thread.

And don't even get me started on PCGS assigning grades to these things....

 

I'm not sure what to think. I don't understand it.
How could a mint press strike these using only one die (the reverse die)?
Maybe a struck coin is stuck in the chamber and the worker slides the sanding disc in?
Why would a mint worker have a sanding disc at the press?
Something they use to clean a die that is still mounted in the press?

Too many questions. Maybe PCGS knows more.

 

There is a different thread about these here but I can't find it.

 

Old thread over on CU.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/917467/some-high-grade-sandpaper

 

The explanation - and the Mint confirmed the technique - is that the sandpaper is struck between die and planchet (grit facing the die) to help the surface of the die create better surfaces on the struck coins.

When first revealed to the numismatic community at large, they were vanishingly-rare. Only one or two. Now, they're not so rare. Were they all out there before? Or are they being created today?

 

Thanks. Great information.

 

How can it be MS? It has a crease and it has no luster.

 

Is there still silver in this piece?

 

Seems the list of "How can it be......?" is a long one for this peice.

 

Im under the same impression of "how can it be graded" since its not a coin, but since PCGS does grade them, who am I to deny a graded item?

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OK, so it's not a silver eagle since there is no silver in it. (I thought it might be a coin if it was like other struck throughs.)
How can they grade something with nothing to compare it to?
How can they grade this, since it's not a coin and they are in the business of grading coins?

 

The grade doesn't matter one bit, just the being authenticated part

 

How does one grade something like that? It does not fit in with modern conventions. Does PCGS have a secret dartboard that they use whenever something like this pops up?

 

My guess is the majority of the grade depends on how fully formed the strike is.

 

These things baffle me. How can a piece of sandpaper or a nail be graded with a straight face?