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2010 silver proof set

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only one pupil on sacagawea?
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Re: 2010 silver proof set

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Hey S, these are found from time to time, I can find no record of attribution for this error, it may just be a grease strike through were some polishing grease got left in the pupil cavity. But I defer to the Coin Gurus for this one

EDIT: Not strike through, I meant filled. My ERROR. Although I still cannot find a absolute definition of "ERROR", seems subjective to me.
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Re: 2010 silver proof set

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I need to see full coin images.....

This is NOT an ERROR nor is it a GREASE FILLED DIE......
....... possible die plugging?

........ but I'll reserve my final comments, until I see full coin images
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splinterhead wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:54 pm only one pupil on sacagawea?
Need full coin image . . .
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Re: 2010 silver proof set

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mmmmmmmmmmmmm.....
This is going to be rather difficult, as I'm old school, and believe that "ERRORS", are true unintentional major screw ups.

Unfortunately, in today's world, greed has taken over the industry!
I see so many coins with microscopic minuscule variations these days listed as errors/varieties it's over-the-top silly.
....... and the use of "Nicknames" for a majority of these, gets the undereducated collectors throwing large amounts of money at them.

I can see the confusion here,...... if you have a chance, go back and look at some of the early editions of the Cherrypickers guide.... You will see a lot of coins listed in those early issues, that are no longer there. Why? Significance/Lack of interest/Very minor variances.

....... I should also add, now that the general public as the ability to purchase a
low-end USB microscope, EVERYONE has become a expert in the numismatic field!

Most likely, it's just my tenure in the field. I have looked at and handled so many coins, that I guess my "Interests" in the error field have changed since I started.......
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Re: 2010 silver proof set

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Hey Paul, thanks for the response. I remember years ago my cousin, the collector extraordinaire, told me that grading and errors should only be able to be seen by 3x magnification, I don't know how accurate that was, and it was in the early "70's.

You know I got the traditional welcome from CONECA with a 1961 RPM Memorial, now I have tried everyway possible to see the repunch, the picture they sent is clear, but with the normal equipment that I use to verify the LIBERTY condition on a Barber Half for grading, I cannot make it out. I know it is there, but nothing I have, even a digital microscope app, does not capture it.

I think you are right, some marketing person hit on the idea of selling coins with "errors" for a premium. Seriously, if you use a SEM, then every coin is an error or VAM, at the molecular level. Even a high powered microscope will go too deep, and make every little tiny variance an error or variety.

Honestly, I think that if you need a microscope to see it, the validity, to me is questionable. The next thing will be PCGS having a an SEM label, and a blurb online, saying "all of our super duper, proprietary SEM labels mean that you the collector have the assurance that you coin was scanned by the latest technology using a Scanning Electron Microscope to ensure the absolute uniqueness of you coin" Then the fine print, " it is possible that your coins will not be returned to you in your lifetime, please see our POA documentation to designate a conservator in the event of you death"
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