Hope no one minds but I'm getting alot of answers here. Better than class. The first one is a 1919..clogged die?...the next is a 1958D..no ideas on this one..As normal I appreciate any info/knowledge. Thanks, Mark
The top one looks like a struck thru An error caused by a foreign object that got between the dies and the planchet when a coin was struck. The other one looks like post mint damage from the picture provided.
post mint damage on both coins Here's two examples of strike thrus Morgan dollar, and state hood quarter Your 1919 cent looks like it's been dam aged in circulation since the coin has been around for a million years more likely that has occured and there are other indications of post mint damage the area in red.AND NOTICE THE COLOR ABOVE ONE A CLEAR INDICATION IT WAS DAMAGED BY SOMETHING Jazzcoins Joe Have Fun
First one looks like it's struck through die grease (used to grease the dies; you see it more often on Morgan dollars and 19th century gold) with maybe some metal shavings thrown in. They made so many 1919 cents (392 million, a huge amount for the time, due to the post-World War I pickup in the economy and greater demand for cents) that quality went out the window.
Thanks all. Son got another 10,000 to go through so once he is done I'll start looking. Trying to find something different so I can learn some more from the forum. Mark
Good call, rockdude. That's what they look like to me too. But it's only my opinion as the field of error deciphering is huge and I'm not an expert. Bruce
Well I'm far from expert, I only think that is the problem with the top coin. Who really knows what happened there. It could have been ground down sometime in the past and wear and tear has smoothed the rough edges. But it's fun looking.hya:
