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Weird GW 2007 S found in circulation
I got lucky at a local bank this week. Not only did they have some
customer-rolled quarters and dollars, but in a mixed roll of dollars, I found a 2007 S (yes, S) GW dollar. There's something really funky about it. There are fingerprints in some of the mirror-finish fields so it's been in circulation. George's head does have the grainy matte finish like normal proofs. But his head also entirely covered by an unusual cloudiness and slight darkening, lacking the normal gold-toned luster of the same matte areas on normal proofs. Ditto for the raised obverse rim. The reverse rim and devices are somewhat cloudy but not as bad as the obverse. See below for the core sandwich error, which probably caused this. Okay, so far it just sounds like maybe a proof that got put to work as spending money (a mortal sin IMO but it happens), or maybe a proof strike that somehow got mixed into a bin of circulation strikes. No big deal. But on the edge, instead of the usual, approximately matching gold tone, about one-third of the thickness toward the obverse is a dark silvery tone and the remaining 2/3 running to the reverse is coppery red. In a normal presidential dollar the middle 1/3 part of the sandwiched core is coppery and the two outside 1/3 layers are dark silver. Furthermore, in a normal specimen the entire edge view of the sandwiching is mostly obscured by a layer or wash of the gold tone all around the edge. So the edges deviate from the normal "sandwich" pattern and lack the covering gold tone. Huh? That's not just a normal proof strike that found its way into circulation. It's some variety of a bad planchet core that also is entirely lacking in the normal gold-tone surface finish on the edges. The origins of many kinds of planchet composition defects are not well understood. I'm going to see if any of the mint error experts want a look at this puppy. |
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Weird GW 2007 S found in circulation
"mazorj" wrote in message ... I got lucky at a local bank this week. Not only did they have some customer-rolled quarters and dollars, but in a mixed roll of dollars, I found a 2007 S (yes, S) GW dollar. There's something really funky about it. There are fingerprints in some of the mirror-finish fields so it's been in circulation. George's head does have the grainy matte finish like normal proofs. But his head also entirely covered by an unusual cloudiness and slight darkening, lacking the normal gold-toned luster of the same matte areas on normal proofs. Ditto for the raised obverse rim. The reverse rim and devices are somewhat cloudy but not as bad as the obverse. See below for the core sandwich error, which probably caused this. Okay, so far it just sounds like maybe a proof that got put to work as spending money (a mortal sin IMO but it happens), or maybe a proof strike that somehow got mixed into a bin of circulation strikes. No big deal. But on the edge, instead of the usual, approximately matching gold tone, about one-third of the thickness toward the obverse is a dark silvery tone and the remaining 2/3 running to the reverse is coppery red. In a normal presidential dollar the middle 1/3 part of the sandwiched core is coppery and the two outside 1/3 layers are dark silver. Furthermore, in a normal specimen the entire edge view of the sandwiching is mostly obscured by a layer or wash of the gold tone all around the edge. So the edges deviate from the normal "sandwich" pattern and lack the covering gold tone. Huh? That's not just a normal proof strike that found its way into circulation. It's some variety of a bad planchet core that also is entirely lacking in the normal gold-tone surface finish on the edges. The origins of many kinds of planchet composition defects are not well understood. I'm going to see if any of the mint error experts want a look at this puppy. Perhaps the difference lies in the proof method of manufacture, with the edge lettering being done by the collar die rather than being rolled on after the fact. Why not post a picture? |
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Weird GW 2007 S found in circulation
"Petronius" wrote in message ... "mazorj" wrote in message ... I got lucky at a local bank this week. Not only did they have some customer-rolled quarters and dollars, but in a mixed roll of dollars, I found a 2007 S (yes, S) GW dollar. There's something really funky about it. There are fingerprints in some of the mirror-finish fields so it's been in circulation. George's head does have the grainy matte finish like normal proofs. But his head also entirely covered by an unusual cloudiness and slight darkening, lacking the normal gold-toned luster of the same matte areas on normal proofs. Ditto for the raised obverse rim. The reverse rim and devices are somewhat cloudy but not as bad as the obverse. See below for the core sandwich error, which probably caused this. Okay, so far it just sounds like maybe a proof that got put to work as spending money (a mortal sin IMO but it happens), or maybe a proof strike that somehow got mixed into a bin of circulation strikes. No big deal. But on the edge, instead of the usual, approximately matching gold tone, about one-third of the thickness toward the obverse is a dark silvery tone and the remaining 2/3 running to the reverse is coppery red. In a normal presidential dollar the middle 1/3 part of the sandwiched core is coppery and the two outside 1/3 layers are dark silver. Furthermore, in a normal specimen the entire edge view of the sandwiching is mostly obscured by a layer or wash of the gold tone all around the edge. So the edges deviate from the normal "sandwich" pattern and lack the covering gold tone. Huh? That's not just a normal proof strike that found its way into circulation. It's some variety of a bad planchet core that also is entirely lacking in the normal gold-tone surface finish on the edges. The origins of many kinds of planchet composition defects are not well understood. I'm going to see if any of the mint error experts want a look at this puppy. Perhaps the difference lies in the proof method of manufacture, with the edge lettering being done by the collar die rather than being rolled on after the fact. Why not post a picture? I knew as soon as I hit Send that someone would ask for a pic. :-) Okay, will try to get to that. Thanks, I had forgotten about the different method for the edge lettering on proofs even though I have 3 proof sets showing identical reverse-side surface damage by a broken collar joint at 10 o'clock, and 3 more showing it in an earlier damaged die state. However, that wouldn't explain the absolutely bare edges or the odd sandwiching of the dark silvery and red copper layers. They should be obscured by toning, and silver-red-silver in equal thirds, not silver-red-red. It has little value except as an error curiosity, but mint errors are the only thing that come close to reviving the old excitement that I once had for searching rolls. |
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