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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 689216, member: 15445&quot;]<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This new purchase just arrived.&nbsp; It is my only Ike with struck through error.&nbsp; The slab says “Struck Through Grease” and MS63.&nbsp;&nbsp; Works for me.&nbsp; The strike through affects the left side of the obverse.&nbsp; The reverse is unaffected.&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">For those that are interested, here is a basic description of this error type-&nbsp; A strike through occurs when “something” is between the planchet &amp; the die during the strike.&nbsp; Normally, the “something” falls away or is otherwise not stuck to the coin after the strike.&nbsp; With this coin, it is not possible to identify what was between the planchet &amp; the die.&nbsp; In this case, the TPG says “struck through grease” which could be any form of mint gunk or debris.&nbsp; If the struck through item was identifiable, then it might be described appropriately such as “struck through cloth” or “struck through staple” etc. </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">There are other types of struck through errors where a blank planchet or previously struck coin is caught between the planchet and the die.&nbsp; These would be called indent errors &amp; brockage errors respectively.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">If you have any coins with struck through errors <b><span style="color: blue">please post them</span></b>.&nbsp; I have a Morgan in my collection that I’ll photograph &amp; post tonight.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/collect89/IkeThroughGrease1972Bk.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Thanks for letting me share.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Very best regards,</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">collect89</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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