steelheadwill
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Merry Christmas to All !
Had to get some last minute items,
so of course I stop on the way home to detect for a few minutes.
I figured I'd look for jewelery & clad around some walking paths near the
local High school.
I got 5 Memorial Cents & a 1972 Rosie.
this isn't like any I've seen, it's got several errors.
the obverse is struck very deep,
It has the diameter of a Cent, The reverse pic shows it on top of a cent, it completely covers it.
It has no trace of reeding.
the side shows copper sandwiched between the Nickel layers, like all clad dimes,
I've heard of dimes being struck on cent planchets, but this weighs 2.3G, same as a dime. This coin is 1 mm thick, others are about 1.2, I also see what look like denticles on a portion of the reverse, related to missing reeding?
Does Anyone know what this type of error is called?
I'm SO glad I caught this!
I keep all relatively clean coins larger than cents for the tollbooths, and if it was an error cent, it would have just gotten tossed in the jar.
I've learned to check for errors, but I never checked my MDed clad, just store change. I first noticed the smooth edge when rinsing it off for reuse.
Makes me wonder if there are others I've missed.
I am very pleased to have found my first 'Mint Error'!
Again, Happy Holidays, & Happy Hunting
Had to get some last minute items,
so of course I stop on the way home to detect for a few minutes.
I figured I'd look for jewelery & clad around some walking paths near the
local High school.
I got 5 Memorial Cents & a 1972 Rosie.
this isn't like any I've seen, it's got several errors.
the obverse is struck very deep,
It has the diameter of a Cent, The reverse pic shows it on top of a cent, it completely covers it.
It has no trace of reeding.
the side shows copper sandwiched between the Nickel layers, like all clad dimes,
I've heard of dimes being struck on cent planchets, but this weighs 2.3G, same as a dime. This coin is 1 mm thick, others are about 1.2, I also see what look like denticles on a portion of the reverse, related to missing reeding?
Does Anyone know what this type of error is called?
I'm SO glad I caught this!
I keep all relatively clean coins larger than cents for the tollbooths, and if it was an error cent, it would have just gotten tossed in the jar.
I've learned to check for errors, but I never checked my MDed clad, just store change. I first noticed the smooth edge when rinsing it off for reuse.
Makes me wonder if there are others I've missed.
I am very pleased to have found my first 'Mint Error'!
Again, Happy Holidays, & Happy Hunting
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