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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;StevenHarden, post: 4272784, member: 67639&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">Thank you for the comments [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER]</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Error #32 (the gold piece) was originally sealed in an individual plastic holder that came from the Royal Mint.&nbsp; These gold Britannia coins are what I consider the bullion equivalent for Great Britain as to what Gold American Eagles are for the United States.&nbsp; They come in perforated sheets from the Royal Mint in what I believe are 20-piece sheets.&nbsp; The plastic on these are notorious to fall apart, so most dealers I know take them out of the plastic and put the coins into tubes.&nbsp; This was discovered in one of those tubes as I was pulling together an order for another dealer.&nbsp; As I was going piece by piece to ensure quality, I turned the coin over and saw something fall off the coin (the foreign debris).&nbsp; So, I mounted it and the struck-through coin as shown.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Error #33 (the nickel) is a bit of a mystery to me as well.&nbsp; I have many off-center pieces, but only a few with an unusual appearance even close to this.&nbsp; It still weights 5.0 grams, so the weight is correct for a nickel planchet.&nbsp; I hope someone that understand these types of errors can chime in.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Error #34 (the wheat cent) is, like you said, close to becoming a no-date piece.&nbsp; I do also get tired of seeing so many off-center Memorial cents, and really enjoy these type.&nbsp; As you mentioned, the toning is nice to see.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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