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Unique Franklin Half Dollar/Lincoln Cent Mated Pair Error
Mated Pair: 1963 50C Half Dollar--Double Struck, Indented by a Cent Planchet--MS62 PCGS; and a 1963 Half Dollar--Struck on a Cent Planchet, Brockage--MS66 PCGS. This lot offers a unique 1963 Franklin Half Dollar/Lincoln Cent mated pair error. It is probably the earliest known off-metal mated pair in U.S. coinage. Mated pairs are created when two or more coins (or planchets) become involved in a malfunction during the minting process. Sometimes, more than one error can occur involving these coins. According to Arnold Margolis and Fred Weinberg (The Error Coin Encyclopedia, Third Edition), mated pairs become even more desirable when the related coins can be located and matched to one another. The authors also note that finding these pairs is "a daunting task," since most error specialists rely on finding coins in daily commerce, by which time the mated pairs (even if they left the Mint together) have long since been separated.The Franklin Half Dollar/Lincoln Cent mated pair that we are offering here was discovered in a most extraordinary way. These two coins were found conjoined and wrapped in an old sock in the estate of an East Coast collector. The manner in which they were discovered suggests that the coins undoubtedly left the Mint in the same sealed bag. This error was first displayed at the March 2001 ANA National Money Show in Salt Lake City. Since then, both Coin World and Numismatic News have run articles discussing this mated pair error, and The Discovery Channel will air a show featuring the coins in the fall.
The first coin of this mated pair is a 1963 Franklin Half Dollar. The planchet was fed into the press and struck once, but it failed to eject properly. Before being struck a second time, a Cent planchet (unstruck, thus undated) found its way into the press and landed on the obverse of the Half Dollar. The second strike indented the Cent planchet into the Half Dollar, leaving a partial impression of the Franklin Half Dollar obverse die on the front of the Cent planchet. The reverse of the Cent planchet acquired a brockage from the first Half Dollar impression. Even more interesting, this pair displays three dates: the first is distended within the indent on the Half Dollar; the second is on the obverse of the Cent planchet from the second strike; and the third is seen in mirror image as part of the brockage on the reverse of the Cent planchet. The collar also fell away for the second strike, and the Half Dollar has thinned out to the size of a Silver Dollar. Evidence of two impressions is visible on both sides of the Half Dollar.
The Franklin Half Dollar is certified MS62 by PCGS; the Lincoln Cent is also encapsulated by PCGS with a grade of MS66, but a color designation has not been assigned. (2 pieces)
Auction Info
2001 Atlanta, GA Signature Sale #267 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
August, 2001
8th-11th
Wednesday-Saturday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 5
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