I have an 1826 Half-Cent (or, at least, that's what it appears to be) that has an oddity: There is no indication of the denomination on the reverse--just the laurel. Where one would expect to see "HALF CENT" (or whatever it's supposed to be), it's just a blank field in the center of the coin. I assume this is a fake coin, but one never knows. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? The pictures I have are not of the best quality, but if anyone is interested, I'll try again and post them. Thanks!
Welcome to CT. There is an error known as a filled die where some characters don't show up. Bad pictures are better than none so, give it a try!
Sorry, but I don't see it on my coin (or your example, to be honest). The printing of "United States of America" is easily visible on my coin, but I see nothing in the center. There is nothing there...and although I fully understand that normal wear and tear would wear it down, there should still be some semblance of the imprinting. It is NOT there...which brought me to post it here to see if it was some oddity of some sort. I have no caring as to whether it is an error coin or a fake...I would just like to know the truth of it! I don't wish to be argumentative in any sense, so please don't take this as that type of argument!
@DavidTN In your photo, the reverse is upside down. I cropped the photo and rotated it for you. I also removed a bit of the glare and added some contrast as best I could. When you take a photo, it is best not to use too much of a focused light on the coin. That can drown out details around the area where the light directly hits and cause some glare. But, I did see the T in your original photo. I did a rough outline for you so you can see it. You have the coin in hand, so you should be able to see the T as well as the upper left (your left) of the serif N from CENT. Also, that bulge you see right above the ribbon should be the remnant of the bar under the EN of CENT.