NGC GRADES MAJOR ERROR 2015-W HIGH RELIEF GOLD $100

[PaulS.]

CHECK IT OUT!

[bsshog40]

Wow!

[Lastufka Collection]

And on an MS 70, that owner hit the lottery. If only it had been PL too. Very cool error though.

[Conder101]

Yawn.

[cpm9ball]

Yawn.

 

Would you get excited if the front part of the slab was NGC and the back part was PCGS?

 

Chris

[PaulS.]

Yawn.

 

Would you get excited if the front part of the slab was NGC and the back part was PCGS?

 

Chris

 

Shots fired.

 

 

 

-Paul

[physics-fan3.14]

Egads, that "lady" is ugly! Looks more like a gaunt zombie!

 

Are there any PL examples of these? That reverse looks fully PL, but the obverse doesn't. I know the last high reliefs were prone to PLs, althought they fetch ludicrous prices.

[KeyMan64]

Posted ATS, example of Defective/Sloppy work by the US Mint

[BillJones]

Rotated dies don't do much for me regardless of the age of the coin.

[RWB]

Medal turn should be hard to do with a single alignment pin on each die....

[physics-fan3.14]

Medal turn should be hard to do with a single alignment pin on each die....

 

If it were off by some random angle, I might think it was accidental. However, that looks perfectly aligned.... was it intentional?

[Conder101]

Would you get excited if the front part of the slab was NGC and the back part was PCGS?

Mildly interested, but since the two sides wouldn't fit together I would know it would have a fabricated "error"

 

(Another problem is I've been in this field long enough and have seen so many "exciting" thing that I've become a bit jaded. I can appreciate nice items and be impressed by some things, but rarely am I "excited" by something.)

[RWB]

Do you mean that "hype" is "over-hyped" ? Interesting, yes....but.....ah well

[johnny9434]

they should have a and moan area here at ngc and pcgs for stuff like that. just saying

[jom]

Egads, that "lady" is ugly! Looks more like a gaunt zombie!

 

Are there any PL examples of these? That reverse looks fully PL, but the obverse doesn't. I know the last high reliefs were prone to PLs, althought they fetch ludicrous prices.

 

I actually like Liberty on this. To each their own I guess.

 

What I don't like is the noticeable die polishing on this particular piece. I've never cared for that....

 

I'll consider buying one of these eventually as long as I can see in hand what I'm getting.

 

As to the error: Doesn't do too much for me....although maybe others would be interested.

 

jom

[RWB]

The so-called "proof like" coins are simply from the die gradually conforming to the polished planchet surface. It is not intentional. The same situation applied in 2009.

[CaptHenway]

Interesting!

[coinman1794]

Egads, that "lady" is ugly! Looks more like a gaunt zombie!

 

Are there any PL examples of these? That reverse looks fully PL, but the obverse doesn't. I know the last high reliefs were prone to PLs, althought they fetch ludicrous prices.

 

They may have been trying to appeal to the Walking Dead audience with this design.

[Conder101]

Nah the Walking Dead design didn't get chosen

 

[Coindude]

I can't find the original page where all the design choices were listed but the design chosen wasn't even in my top 10!

 

Here are just a few that I would have preferred, again, these are personal preferences.

 

To me, the lady on these is just much more aesthetically pleasing.

 

http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-High-Relief-24K-Gold-Coin-Candidate-Design-HR-O-11-C.jpg

 

http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-High-Relief-24K-Gold-Coin-Candidate-Design-HR-O-12-C.jpg

 

http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-High-Relief-24K-Gold-Coin-Candidate-Design-HR-O-17-C.jpg

[asdfgh]

I really like your 3rd choice. too bad the mint went with the obverse they did. The reverse is so good that the obverse is so bad. could have been a truly great coin. just my opinion

[Coindude]

Yes, #3 is one of the best ones in my humble opinion. I was so excited when I heard they were going to do a new UHR, only to have my dreams crushed when I saw the final design choice. It appears to me that they were hell bent on choosing an African American design choice and, if you look at all the obverse designs, that appears to be the prevailing design of the obverse. Was there some sort of mandate to do this in the legislation? Personally I don't care who is depicted, just make it nice!!

 

[asdfgh]

They lost the movement. The design selected is a statue figure with no movement, even though the flag is waving. Also she appears to be starving. The one above shows movement and a connection to the child on her facial expression.

[Coindude]

Taking a look at this picture, it's much nicer enlarged than small. You can see the nuances of the coin, the reverse is especially attractive and detailed. I would have still preferred another obverse.

[Conder101]

Medal turn should be hard to do with a single alignment pin on each die....

Not if the alignment flat is ground on the wrong side of the die body.

[asdfgh]

Your are right once you zoom in you can see her nine inch long fingers that can wrap completely around the torch. I had missed that. hahah

[asdfgh]

Oh wow, the flag has 13 stripes and then goes to eleven stripes behind her arm. Am I not counting that correctly? what a mistake...

[asdfgh]

Oh, i guess its jut me. there are probably 2 more at the bottom behind the staff..

[RWB]

RE: Portrait. The hands and fingers are wrong, the gown does not fall naturally (unless she's in orbit), and perspective is distorted. Subtlety and character are entirely missing. It's a flat cartoon and not three dimensional portrait in low relief.

 

If the mint would HIRE AN ART DIRECTOR this kind of half-way stuff could be corrected before it got to the production stage. Yes -- the differences are subtle -- but they make a distinct difference in the artistic merit of the piece.