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2001-P Sacagawea Dollar -- Mated Pair With Magnetic 5-Gram Planchet -- MS66 PCGS.... (Total: 2 coins)
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Description
2001-P Sacagawea Mated Pair, MS66
Mated With Magnetic 5-Gram Planchet
2001-P Sacagawea Dollar -- Mated Pair With Magnetic 5-Gram
Planchet -- MS66 PCGS. A remarkable mated pair mint error that
requires elaborate explanation. A wrong-metal planchet was mixed in
with Sacagawea dollar planchets, to be fed between Sacagawea dollar
dies. The off-metal planchet was similar to a Jefferson nickel
planchet, with a silvery color and a weight of 5 grams, but
magnetic and presumably with more nickel than the usual 75% copper,
25% nickel Jefferson alloy. The off-metal planchet, which became
coin #1 in our mated pair, was fed directly on top of a Sacagawea
dollar reverse die cap, and broadstruck between the obverse die and
the reverse die cap (not included in the lot). The bottom coin (the
die cap) was ejected, the top coin (coin #1) remained in the die
chamber, and a normal Sacagawea dollar planchet (to become coin #2
in the mated pair) was fed in. Coin #1 was struck a second time,
approximately 45% off center toward 6 o'clock, at 4:30 relative to
the first strike. Coin #1 indented most of the upper half of the
obverse of coin #2, which has a normal reverse. Coin #1 has a blank
reverse. The date and mintmark from the first strike were effaced
by the second strike, and since the second strike was widely
off-center toward 6 o'clock, no date and mintmark are present on
the coin. The second strike shows the date and mintmark. The
indented portion of coin #2 is mostly featureless except for a
Philadelphia mintmark, a counter-brockage vestige. The magnetic
coin #1 is brilliant, while coin #2 is toned orange-gold and
fire-red with hints of sky-blue. There is a narrow but fairly deep
recession on the reverse of coin #2 that is apparently a
strike-through.
Auction Info
2023 January 11 - 15 FUN US Coins Signature® Auction #1356 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
January, 2023
11th-15th
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