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Tin snips, wire cutters, chisel?
Sure looks like post strike damage to me. In the closeup you can see the
edge lettering was struck and then the 'clip' occured. http://auctions.yahoo.com/auction/6376974 Mark |
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Tin snips, wire cutters, chisel?
It is not only post strike, but it is post edge lettering (as the US
mint edge marks after striking). It is also very apparent as the 97 in 1797 shows drag marks and metal displacement towards the inner gouge mark. This coin had to be round to get through the edge marking machine, a deformity of this magnatude would never get through the feeding system. I hope the "buy it now" price is in Zimbabwae dollars, because that is about all this error is worth. Mishaps can happen to a coin at the mint after the strike but it is basically impossible to prove it was done during the coining process. I have seen coins that did not eject properly get caught between the ram die holder tooling and the collar and/or table turning the coin into a taco shell and other various shapes. Try to prove that it is a minting error when anybody could stick a duplicate coin in a bench vise and replicate the error. Sean Moffatt Operations manager Hoffman Mint |
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Tin snips, wire cutters, chisel?
VAM's for a Presibuck? Guess I had better go buy a copy!
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Tin snips, wire cutters, chisel?
Jud wrote in news:1177253482.849854.259870
@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com: VAM's for a Presibuck? Guess I had better go buy a copy! Yes, I liked that one too! |
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