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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hookman, post: 3276243, member: 99642&quot;]I found this just now on eBay. The seller claims it is a planchet error. He says he &quot;knows&quot; it&#039;s a planchet error because :</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;There is a crack running thru both sides and the rim of the coin.</p><p>The crack has two angles of direction when magnified on the edge of the coin.</p><p>This proves it was not cut by someone, rather a faulty planchet making this coin an error.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I call BS on that. To me, it is obviously deliberate PMD, caused by someone with a pair of metal snips or similar tool.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller, conveniently to him, does not provide the eBay magnification tool.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin, undamaged, books pretty high. With planchet error, still books high, but with deliberate PMD, the value plummets downwards , like a rock.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this seller is simply trying to &quot;buck up&quot; his value.&nbsp; I am not the least bit interested in buying this coin. I&#039;m just seriously curious about what you, the Coin Talk error specialists, think about this &quot;error&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps I should have posted this on the World Coin forum or on the eBay &quot;joke&quot; forum. If so, please let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanx for your opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/1885-Canada-5-cent-PLANCHET-ERROR/123552198461?hash=item1cc448ef3d:g:2jMAAOSw5qdcGUae:rk:18:pf:0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/1885-Canada-5-cent-PLANCHET-ERROR/123552198461?hash=item1cc448ef3d:g:2jMAAOSw5qdcGUae:rk:18:pf:0" rel="nofollow">123552198461</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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