Some possible errors, possible PMD, definitely interesting coins from roll searching

Hello everybody! (Hi Dr. Nick!)

Sooo... I have a bit of an obsessive personality (Lol...), and when I get into something, I get INTO it, until I burn out my interest Some things, like coins, come back into my sphere of interests every few years, after a burnout on it

Recently, I got back into coins, and for the first time, I had some extra liquid cash lying around I could use for some serious roll searching <3

Thanks to my obsessiveness, I have searched close to $10k in various denominations of coins in maybe the last month or so. (I know, I know, even that is probably small potatoes for SOME of you )

Mainly I look for silver, or old types (like wheat or buffalo), but I also set aside any coins that have ANYTHING interesting about them, for later, more careful study. I have found quite a few coins that MAY be mint errors of one sort or another, and since I FINALLY got my good camera returned to me a few days ago, I have pictures of some of the most striking/best/most curious. I would appreciate any info or opinions on these. I am perfectly fine with people saying they are post-mint damaged, but if you do, would you please elaborate and tell me what could have caused such odd effects?

I am NOT looking to get rich off these... lol. But if any would carry a premium, I would definitely like to know, so I can take better care of any that deserve it. Maybe even spring to get a slab, if needed.

Anyways, enough preamble. On with the pictures - I do hope they are good enough. And I hope I don't get booed down for the number I am asking about - there are quite a few, after all

Thanks for looking I hope you at least find some of them interesting, rather than feeling you wasted your time in here!

 

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First, a clad kennedy half. I am 90% sure this is some sort of PMD, but what the heck (pardon my french ;P ) could have caused this particular damage?! Lol. I'm a bit afraid of whatever did this...

 

Next up for your inspection is this dime. I have never seen anything quite like this - shown is only the obverse, as the reverse is COMPLETELY clean and normal - nothing interesting at all. But the obverse here is just... wrong. The main lines of the face and neck extend down, and overall it looks like I'd imagine if they'd struck semi-molten metal... lol. If it was fire damage, though, you'd expect SOMETHING on the reverse... and there is nothing. You wouldn't give it a second glance. Not even discolored.

 

Speaking of dimes, here is one with the copper showing through in a very interesting place <3 I really like the look of this one - I truly think the clad layer was faulty, as there is no sign of tampering that I can detect

 

I see this double-rim thing often, but this example is really quite extreme - it is actually almost half the thickness of the dime. Is there a name for this double-rim effect? I have even seen a triple rim a few times...

 

All I can say is... WHAT is going on with this reverse? Lol. Obverse is normal, but this is outlandish There are tons of lines radiating out from the center, and the whole thing looks rather... blurry.

 

Speaking of blurry - this Lincoln cent made me stop and go... "huh?" Lol. The whole thing, front and back, looks like mush I'd have suspected something like acid, but it's a zinc cent and the outer layer isn't eaten/stripped away. Any clue?

 

Since we're looking at pennies now - here is recent one in wonderful shape - except that the copper layer is chipping away. In recessed areas only! What in the world? How did this effect occur?

 

One last Lincoln cent for your consideration - a bit more subtle than the others Here we have a curved line, visible both front and back. I am virtually certain this is on the planchet, before it was struck, because it goes UNDER the letters, and doesn't effect them at all. The area between the line and the rim is slightly recessed, on the reverse. On the obverse, the line is just a small ridge. Interesting... even if only to me

 

The first Jefferson nickel I would like to show you here, has no motto! Lol. The ENTIRE thing must have been grease-filled or something. If you tilt it JUST right, you can just barely make out a few of the letters in shadow - this picture is showing the letters as clearly as it is possible to see them. The 4 in the date is also faint. This is NOT wear, by the way. CIH, it's very easy to see this coin has little/no wear at all.

 

I affectionately call this my "no-nose nickel" The grease-fill (assumed) on this one made the nose blend into the background with no defining line... this one does have plenty of dings from other coins, but it's still plenty interesting <3

 

Hmmm... this nickel looks similar to that last cent I posted The difference is, on the cent the area between the line and the rim was recessed, and on this nickel the area is raised. Still doesn't look like damage to me, more like an odd planchet.

 

This quarter appears, to me, to be unclad. Both sides are the same shade of copper as the rim. The pictures don't quite show the correct color - I should have fiddled with the settings on my camera. Sorry. Around the edges, on the "corner" of the rim, is a bit of silver color... which, to me, looks like it rubbed off from other quarters it's banged against. This came from a $1000 bag of loose quarters, so it had plenty of banging opportunities... lol I've also found another quarter (not shown) I believe to be unclad, but it's so dirty it's impossible to tell unless I either scrape at it or clean it... still debating if I wanna find out, and ruin it while doing so

 

Finally, I have found several of what I have nicknamed "god trust" roosevelt dimes on these, the words "in" and "we" in the motto are almost completely absent, with just a shadow or outline left usually. Here is one of the best examples I have found:

As you can see, the last digit of the date is fainter, as well. On some examples, the last number is almost completely missing. And on this next one, the last number IS completely gone, but the "in" and "we" are fairly visible Just interesting to me, I suppose <3

 

A few replies:
1) JFK: Possibly an error. A rush to judgment is PMD, But I am not sure.
2)Roosie: Has to be PMD.
3) Roosie: Copper flow onto surface, but, not much value. just interesting.
4)finning.
5) possible struck thru cloth, if as you said the obv is normal.
6) 1st Lincoln: Probably a dryer coin, Anyway: PMD
7) The plating did not properly adhere. when struck, the plating moved into the lettering.
8) I forget the name for this.

tired, more later

 

Thank you <3

 

My favorite Dr. Nick bit was when he was going to perform surgery on some poor dope (Homer?) and as he is putting on the gloves he says "I got these gloves free with my toilet brush!".