1957 Franklin Half

I have a 57 franklin half that the seven in the date "hooks" back to the right and almost looks like a 1952. Does anybody know of this mint error?

 

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Can you post a pic of the coin; that would be most helpful.

 

yes it will take me about an hour to post it. Thank you.

 

I can not figure out how to add photo....can you help me?

 

The best way is to first upload to www.photobucket.com (it's free), then copy and paste the image link here.

 

When you post a repply, scroll down below the window you type your post in and you'll see a button Manage Attatchments, click that and a pop-up will open for you to browse your folders for the pciture. When you find the picture click on it the click Open, then the Upload button. The file will be attatched to your post. Click Cubmit Reply button and the pciture will appear in your post.

 

check out the upload

 

The image makes it appear to be what is commonly termed a die chip and is more often found on Lincoln cents of the era, but also near the date.

 

does it add any value to the coin?

 

nope PMD does not add value or we'd all be beating up our coins

 

Nice photo. Unfortunately this is just a case of the seven being damage from contact. Post-mint.

 

Thanks everybody.

 

You could be right. I was just going with my first reaction to the image and I most certainly could be incorrect about it.

 

I thought it just looked as if it had taken a hard enough lick to push some metal around. I see stuff like this with Lincolns all the time.

 

I would like to see something that would do that to the year and doesn't damage any other part of the coin. Does not look like PMD to me however just as everyone else here I could be wrong.

 

Take a coin, take a flathead screwdriver and hit a letter or number with it. I'm not sure about halves, but I can tell you as a cent searcher I see this type of damage all the time.