Shield Nickel Question

I purchased a nice shield nickel for my type set from a local coin dealer
yesterday on my way home from work. Didn't examine it real close there in
the shop, but was pleased with what I saw for the price. Upon later
examining it with a loupe, I see that two letters are missing from "TRUST"
on this coin. It simply has "T U T" there without any trace at all of the
other two letters. I think this is the first coin I've seen with such
missing letters. Is this something that is commonly found with these old
shields?

-=LDL

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:37:52 GMT, "Larry Louks" is
alleged to have written:

I purchased a nice shield nickel for my type set from a local coin dealer
yesterday on my way home from work. Didn't examine it real close there in
the shop, but was pleased with what I saw for the price. Upon later
examining it with a loupe, I see that two letters are missing from "TRUST"
on this coin. It simply has "T U T" there without any trace at all of the
other two letters. I think this is the first coin I've seen with such
missing letters. Is this something that is commonly found with these old
shields?

-=LDL



Sounds like a filled die error, they're pretty common. a few weeks ago, I'd have
said that filled die errors aren't worth much of a premium and in fact can
sometimes hurt the value of a coin. But a $25 two cent sold on Ebay for almost
$100 because of a filled die error that caused it to read "TWO CENT".

Bruce (Heck, I bid $40 on it because I thought it was cool)

They just gotta call that a King Tut error!

Keith Fletcher wrote:
They just gotta call that a King Tut error!

Ha! That was precisely what I thought as I pondered on that "T U T" there!


Larry

Bruce Hickmott wrote:

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:37:52 GMT, "Larry Louks" is
alleged to have written:

I purchased a nice shield nickel for my type set from a local coin dealer
yesterday on my way home from work. Didn't examine it real close there in
the shop, but was pleased with what I saw for the price. Upon later
examining it with a loupe, I see that two letters are missing from "TRUST"
on this coin. It simply has "T U T" there without any trace at all of the
other two letters. I think this is the first coin I've seen with such
missing letters. Is this something that is commonly found with these old
shields?

-=LDL


Sounds like a filled die error, they're pretty common. a few weeks ago, I'd have
said that filled die errors aren't worth much of a premium and in fact can
sometimes hurt the value of a coin. But a $25 two cent sold on Ebay for almost
$100 because of a filled die error that caused it to read "TWO CENT".

Bruce (Heck, I bid $40 on it because I thought it was cool)

There can be no better explanation of our hobby than the post and
response above.
;-)

Alan
'finds lots of cool stuff to enjoy'