NGC MS-65 Jefferson Nickel Stamped on a Blank (no rim)

Very cool. Don't see many of these too often. Nicer older date, and is the year I was born. Though there appears to be a rim, it is an illusion.

Funny how coins struck on blanks hardly ever have a sharp strike. That little bit of size difference to compress it in the upset mill to squeeze a rim onto it seems to make all the difference in most cases.

 

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Can we see the NGC label?

Edit*
Never mind I found it

 

Looks full steps 2 me
Just kidding

 

Perhaps a noob question, but "struck on a blank"??? I thought Dan Carr was the only one not to strike on a blank

 

How did you look that up and know it is the one I have?

 

I remembered it. I am on ebay a lot.
I just googled Nickel struck on blank 1973 and it came up
I have been doing this for many years

 

I just figured since the last part of the cert number is 002, how did you know I didn't have 001 or 003? Maybe someone found more than one 1973 struck on a blank and submitted them. And how did you know I got it off eBay and not a private seller or at a show? (I am guessing you just guessed through experience? And guessed correctly!) Also, oftentimes, if I buy on eBay, the eBay price it says it sold for is not what I actually paid. In once case, I paid $34 for a coin but in the listing history it shows I paid over $200. (I usually reach out privately to sellers. I tell them I know they have had the coin for a while, that errors are tough to sell, and that I am willing to buy it right now for my asking price. Once they know and I prove I am not a dealer looking to flip it, and that I am a collector and appreciate what they have, they almost always sell it for much less. Some even far less than what pieces have been going for on Heritage and eBay and in better condition and grade.)

 

I compared all the pictures in the listing to yours and it matched.. I never stated you got it off of ebay I just knew it was it. I also have obtained Mint Errors as you do. Again.. I have been doing this for many years.

 

Oh. That's right. You said you googled it. Gotcha.

Do you have a favorite error type? I am trying have one of each type. A huge broadstrike for each type, broadstrike on a blank, 20% minimum off center, struck on blank, wrong planchet, off metal, etc.

 

This would be one of my best Broadstruck and Double Struck -

 

What does "both broadstruck" mean?

 

The coin was struck twice (not doubled die), and both of those strikes were broadstrikes (struck without a collar).

 

A blank has not gone through the upsetting process to form the rim. A planchet has the upset rim.

 

Dang. That's a cool one

 

Can you explain what a blank strike is. Lazy

 

Yeah. What he said

 

When a disc of metal is punched out directly from
the planchet strip, it's a Type 1 Blank - no upset rim.

It then goes thru the upsetting machine, which gives
it the raised rim (for striking and stacking purposes),
and then it's known as a Type 2 Planchet.

Blanks - no rim
Planchets - w/upset rim

 

As always. Interesting

 

Got it thanks