I have to admit that I am not a big fan of error coins. However, while flipping through the upcoming Heritage auction catalog, I found this absolutely astonishing error coin. A bow tie shaped planchet fragment coin, OMG! http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1128&Lot_No=2211 I am going to watch this auction closely. I might even do a contest to see who can guess closest to the price realized. What do you guys think?
Bowties are not common but I would think a struck bowtie is very rare. I wonder how it made it past the riddler.
Pretty neat, and I would hope that Heritage has verified its authenticity. Based upon hundreds of die clips in my collection, I am suspect of the sharp details going clear up to the edge areas of missing metal. Perhaps modern minting methods are the reason for the difference between this example and the cwt ones in my collection, but based on what I have seen, I would not bid on that cent.
I was wondering that myself. Striking a part of a planchet, should "squeeze" the metal on the edge according to the thickness of that area. When I look at the edge, I can almost think I see what I would expect from slicing an already struck coin. To the left on the reverse at the truncated column, it is a thin area due to pressure of the dies, why wouldn't the metal squeeze out since there is no collar there rather than just produce the regular flat area between columns? Jim
Very Nice!! Denver mint just upgrade the striking machines I would almost bet that was found in the pan of the old machines they sold.
I noticed it's a close AM. Wouldn't there be more flow lines? How would the Blakesley Effect show here? A few questions I have.
