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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 63679, member: 112&quot;]All I can report is what they have in the books - which I did.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you are describing are known as strike through errors. As strike through usually leaves a dent in the coin - an incuse spot. A retained strike through is when the piece of metal, plastic, string, wire - what have you, remains embedded in the coin. And of course the retained object can and often does stick up higher than the surface of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>As often happens - many different collectors use the same numismatic term to describe entirely different things. And as often happens many collectors use the terms incorrectly - or at least as the definitions are generally accepted. </p><p><br /></p><p>About the best glossary that I know of for error terms can be found <a href="http://hermes.csd.net/~coneca/content/glossary.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://hermes.csd.net/~coneca/content/glossary.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>A pretty good glossary for general numismatic terms can be found <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/lingo.chtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/lingo.chtml" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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