PART V. Planchet Errors:

Irregular Planchets:

Scraps / Fragments:

Feeder Finger Material

Definition: This error occurs when a coin is struck on fragments of a broken feeder finger.  Sometimes the feeder finger is intact when struck, and is fragmented by the strike.

This 2000-P Sacagawea dollar was struck multiple times on a feeder finger.

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This 2007-D Roosevelt dime was struck three times on a feeder finger fragment.

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