ve1999-D 5C PCGS MS62 Struck Through Obv
Many coins may have strike thru designations, but few are as pronounced as this. Where the actual pattern of the foreign object is preserved in the strike through. If you look closely, you can see the thread pattern left on the base of the Obverse. An excellent pristine example of this scarce Jefferson Nickel Mint Error.
Struck Through Errors
What is a “strike through” error? Basically, anything which is struck into the coin, but which was not “retained” in the strike. If the item was retained, it would be termed “struck through and retained (fill in the blank).” Coins have been found struck through buttons, wire, grease, plastic, tape, cloth, washers, sanding paper, other planchets, struck coins, foreign coins, fragments of other coins, springs, and numerous other things.
Struck Through Thread
This strike through occurs when a piece of string comes between the die and the planchet, and is struck into it. Often the string will be randomly spread across the planchet, and small fibers will be visible protruding from the struck through area. These fibers are tiny, and often can only been seen with a loupe.
The coin shown, Jefferson Nickel, which has had a thick piece of string struck into the base of the obverse. There are many small fibers from the string, which can be seen on the struck through area. Without those small fiber strike throughs, it would be impossible to determine what precisely the coin was struck through. String can be different sizes, with some string being very thin, while other pieces are much thicker.
This error type is scarce, and is often found on proof coins as well as business strike coins. While it is uncertain on the origins of the process where a string is involved, the string may even come from a raggedy edge of a piece of cloth, with a string pulling loose from the rag and being the cause of a struck through string error. This would make sense on proof coins since the dies are frequently cleaned with a rag or other cotton material, which would make such an occurrence far more likely to happen than for business strike coins which do not often have their dies cleaned off.
In summary, there are lots of types and variations of strike throughs found on coins. They’re interesting and can be quite wild looking, and are fun to collect. A few collecting ideas would be to collect a particular type of strike through, such as coins struck through cloth, or coins struck through dropped fillings. Another option is to try to collect all manner of strike throughs for a particular design of coin. This would mean that the collector would look for a struck through string, cloth, dropped filling, etc for whatever coin series they collected. It would be challenging and quite fun as well.
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ve1999-D 5C PCGS MS62 Struck Through Obv
Many coins may have strike thru designations, but few are as pronounced as this. Where the actual pattern of the foreign object is preserved in the strike through. If you look closely, you can see the thread pattern left on the base of the Obverse. An excellent pristine example of this scarce Jefferson Nickel Mint Error.
Struck Through Errors
What is a “strike through” error? Basically, anything which is struck into the coin, but which was not “retained” in the strike. If the item was retained, it would be termed “struck through and retained (fill in the blank).” Coins have been found struck through buttons, wire, grease, plastic, tape, cloth, washers, sanding paper, other planchets, struck coins, foreign coins, fragments of other coins, springs, and numerous other things.
Struck Through Thread
This strike through occurs when a piece of string comes between the die and the planchet, and is struck into it. Often the string will be randomly spread across the planchet, and small fibers will be visible protruding from the struck through area. These fibers are tiny, and often can only been seen with a loupe.
The coin shown, Jefferson Nickel, which has had a thick piece of string struck into the base of the obverse. There are many small fibers from the string, which can be seen on the struck through area. Without those small fiber strike throughs, it would be impossible to determine what precisely the coin was struck through. String can be different sizes, with some string being very thin, while other pieces are much thicker.
This error type is scarce, and is often found on proof coins as well as business strike coins. While it is uncertain on the origins of the process where a string is involved, the string may even come from a raggedy edge of a piece of cloth, with a string pulling loose from the rag and being the cause of a struck through string error. This would make sense on proof coins since the dies are frequently cleaned with a rag or other cotton material, which would make such an occurrence far more likely to happen than for business strike coins which do not often have their dies cleaned off.
In summary, there are lots of types and variations of strike throughs found on coins. They’re interesting and can be quite wild looking, and are fun to collect. A few collecting ideas would be to collect a particular type of strike through, such as coins struck through cloth, or coins struck through dropped fillings. Another option is to try to collect all manner of strike throughs for a particular design of coin. This would mean that the collector would look for a struck through string, cloth, dropped filling, etc for whatever coin series they collected. It would be challenging and quite fun as well.
We accept payment by any of the following methods:
PayPal
Please pay as soon as possible after winning an auction, as that will allow us to post your item to you sooner!
We offer FREE shipping on orders over $100!
Your order will be dispatched within 1 working day of receiving payment (Monday-Friday) and you should expect to receive it one or two days after dispatch (for orders sent RM 1st Class).
In the very unlikely event that your item is lost or damaged during post, then WE are responsible and will issue either a full refund or replacement.
If you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase, you can return the product and get a full refund or exchange the product for another one, be it similar or not.
You can return a product for up to 14 days from the date you purchased it.
Any product you return must be in the same condition you received it and in the original packaging. Please keep the receipt.