Thanks Phoenix. My other thought was something akin to a dropped letter. Thoughts Mike?
Will be interesting to see what its worth in the future....'course it will never hold a candle to the 1995 W proof....
Hello all. Nothing a sweet as Anemicoak's (Congrats), but I found a 1978 S Jefferson a few weeks ago and a 1964D Roosevelt this week.
My wife gives me her change every day and this one showed up last week. Die gouge or did Roosevelt have eyes in the back of his head? Also a bit...
Tough to say for sure without a picture, but looking at your illustration, it seems like you have a RPM (Repunched Mint Mark). Prior to the...
Your welcome. Another common occurance with plated cents are the bubbles you mentioned. Its a failure in the plating process, I don't recall the...
Interesting thing about the age limitation stated above. Wasn't there a case not to long ago about some 10 year old (or close) wiz kid who got...
Two things to be aware of with media mail: 1. There are minimum size requirements. Check with your local post office or online for the...
At first I was thinking "Yah, duh, why hasn't the mint thought about that", but then I realized the answer is problably wrapped up in die life. A...
This is quite common in copper plated zinc core cents. Once the thin copper layer is pierced, the zinc core underneath corrodes rapidly,...
This is all so funny....I haven't been to the forum in a few months and last I saw...all the prognosticators were "how high will it go? silver...
Did I miss something? You paid $56+ for a coin that you know was altered? "Coin is real. Error is not. Coin has been altered" I'd rather...
Nice find! To bad someone whizzed it.
Welcome to the forum! This first one looks like a retained strike through error. Strike through errors are on the common side, retained...
Corrosion. If you look closely, you will see the green corrosion inside and that the black color extends out from there.....then entire leg of...
2 other possiblities on this one, a die gouge, or more likely, bubbling in the plating.
Actually, if you look closely, the dimpling is on the memorial and the lettering too. I'd go with either plating error, planchet defect, or a...
Many error coins are easy to fake...but they all leave tell-tale signs of their forgery. A true clipped planchet will show the Blakesley...
There have been a number of posts in the forum regarding pennies that are larger than normal in size. It is relatively easy to accomplish with a...
search the USMint page...they have a whole article on the topic somewhere.
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