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PCGS 1988 ASE struck thru reverse, with a large area of struck thru what was likely plastic. Pieces of plastic sometimes remain attached to the dies when they are installed in the press. The plastic is used to protect the surfaces of the die from rus…

PCGS (1986-2025) gold American eagle 1/10 ounce T-1 blank. The blank has no upset rim, and has mirrored surfaces. The blank was punched out of the sheet of gold planchet strip, but never made it to the upset mill to have the rim raised, and also some…

PCGS (1986-2025) American silver eagle type-2 planchet, with scarce, "uncirculated finish" surfaces. The coin has the much scarcer uncirculated surfaces, unlike the "proof like" surfaces that are typically seen on silver eagle type-2 planchets. Tough…

PCGS (1986-2025) American silver eagle type-1 blank. The blank has no upset rim, and is therefore a "type-1 blank." Silver eagle type-1 blanks are rare, and we have only seen 2 or 3 of them.    MS61 

CACG 2004 silver eagle double-struck, with the 2nd strike a partial collar strike. The partial collar strike on the edge shows two "reeded edges" on the coin.    The error occurred when the coin was struck, not fully ejected from the collar…

NGC 1989 silver eagle struck thru plastic reverse, with a huge struck thru area present in the 3 o'clock area. The strike thru shows the flat, distinctive surfaces and shape of a "struck thru plastic", which is how it can be known with near certainty…

NGC 1999 silver eagle 2-piece set retained struck thru. There was a long, narrow piece of what appears to be paper or plastic, and with a brown struck piece of it separated from the coin and slabbed along side it in the 2-coin set!   A very...

NGC 1999 silver eagle obverse struck thru a "C" shaped object. Probably, it was struck thru a shaving of metal or a piece of plastic.   MS69

PCGS 2001 silver eagle struck through plastic obverse, with two struck through areas obverse.   Although no plastic is visible, it is probably plastic. There might be some plastic on the edge, which would be the best way to be sure it was plasti…

NGC 2015 silver eagle struck thru a thread-like object at 2 o'clock on the obverse side. MS69

NGC 1995 American silver eagle with a partial collar strike. The coin was struck partially out of collar, resulting in part of the edge not receiving reeding. It is sometimes called a "railroad rim" because of the shape of the edge, with one part nar…