Marty1102 Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Hi everybody hope everyone is having a great weekend so far. Fairly new to this just wondering what’s going on with this quarter is this considered a grease through strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coinbuf Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Welcome to the forum, yes a "struck thru grease" is a possible explanation, although there are a few other ways for a coin to look like this. rrantique 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty1102 Posted June 15 Author Share Posted June 15 Perfect I appreciate it. So what else could cause this for future reference? Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenstang Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Looks like a Struck Through Grease on both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandon Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 On 6/15/2024 at 2:38 PM, Marty1102 said: what else could cause this for future reference? Welcome to the NGC chat board. Localized weakness could also result from low striking pressure or worn dies, but I agree that the most likely explanation is foreign matter on the dies, generically referred to as "grease". Any of these causes would be regarded as a quality control issue or minor mint error and not of any great interest or value. powermad5000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty1102 Posted June 15 Author Share Posted June 15 Not really looking to sell anything or value. Wondering what it was thought it looked pretty cool. Figured it would be good for me to save if it wasn’t post damage for my own collection. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powermad5000 Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Hello and welcome to the forum! I would also say this is a struck thru error. Nice find! Being it is found on both sides as well makes it more interesting to error collectors who may have interest in such errors despite them being considered as minor. It would stand to make sense that on both sides, this was produced after the dies were given maintenance by a mint employee to extend die life and was one of those struck not very long after this maintenance was performed. When we refer to grease filled dies, this effect only lasts so long during striking as the pressure and transfer during successive strikes wears off and the image produced goes back to being normal during the strikes. It is a shame this coin also circulated heavily seeing the circulation marks and hits on it because if it had not, it would add to its desirability to error collectors (many error collectors also want their errors to be in excellent condition). While some people may not care for these, I do like finding these errors, and the other thing to note on your coin that is good to know is it is still worth more than face value. I would keep this and make sure it doesn't go back into circulation. Marty1102 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Q.A.: What's this look like to you? 🐓 : I don't know what it's supposed to depict, but it's suggestive. Some might say pornographic. Q.A.: Thanks. You've been very helpful.... (you Roosters all think alike. Shame on you!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
