This coin (I have around 10) came in an Unsearched US Mint Roll in a Sealed White Box dated 05/4 or 05/7 can't recall. The strange thing is...its all beat up on Both sides!! It can't be circulated, and I don't think its a Lamination error....! But then again, maybe it is. It could have been struck through a greased die....? I really need your help! I have more pics if you need them! I know, I'm always asking for your help, but you guys are the only experts I know!! Thanks! Nana
Is it beat up or die scratches? Could be die scratches after a die was cleaned for futher die use. Rhubarb
Die scratches would cause the lines to protrude on the coin once struck - yours look like normal (indented) scratches. Grease doesn't cause scratches, and the details look sharp. Loosk to me like it got caught or left behind in some machine, hopper, or other place where it went around a few too many times and got jumbled around excessively with other coins.
what it comes down to is the same thing my self anda few others have said over the past few weeks. THE MINT DROPPED THE BALL with this coins.
Yeah, but 10 of them in the same roll? None of them are smooth at all. They look rough looking. As you said, all the detail is there but theres scratches and pits and roughness(?) on the the whole coin both front & back. Is this a planchet error??
"dropped the ball" is just a phrase of speech. The poster also could have said that the Mint "made a lot errors" or "screwed up badly" or "mishandled" or ... hope that helps.
Thanks! I thought thats what he meant! Unfortunately, it doesn't answer my question! Was this a Planchet error or a Die error? Thanks anyway!
Its Obvious This problem is easily explained. Here's what happened. An employee at the mint got fed up having to handle all of these crazy products and took it out on a hand full of the Adams Dollars. In short they had a melt down and the only way they could fell better was knowing how frustrated "you" would be wondering what actually happened to these coins. Well it could be true......
In what respect? This was just your run of the mill circulation coin. It didn't receive any special treatment or care. If it is identifiable and spendable it is perfectly acceptable. Nope not circulated just beat up. I would expect the first few coins t drop in the hopper that get another 100K coins dropped on them, bounced around in the riddler, run through a couple of counters, dropped into a ballistic bag with 80,000 more and bounced around, I'm surprised a lot more coins don't come out of the mint looking like this. When you consider all the things a coin goes through in the minting process you wouldn't think any of them would look any good.
