It looks like a huge die crack. But seeing as the circular one on the reverse isn't following any stress point on the coin, my guess is it's a...
I'll have to look through my greeks and get back to you
Tough call. the Lion on the Obv looks like Y21 but the Rev looks like Y21.1a
If there is no date, they are just silver rounds worth bullion. The United States issued dollar buffalos will have a date of 2001 and a MM of P or...
last I checked, 1982 and before copper cents were worth 3 cents each in copper
Looks like mechanical doubling
Looks like the first 2 are die cracks, the one in the date looks like a polishing mark or die scratch.
AH1378 began on July 18th 1958 Yours is is KM# 40
Could we get a pic of the coin? my Krause doesn't show any French 5 centimes minted in 1965
Post mint damage, You can see the nick on the rim that pushed the metal there.
As a general rule, if it can't be seen with a 10x loupe it's not worth the time. A lot of people use higher ones to be sure though.
Post mint. And it's not a bag mark. Anytime you see a circular pattern like that, or a sheared off last # in the date there is only one culprit,...
They're common enough to be worth face value. But on the other side, their numbers make early die state full strikes worth more in my opinion. But...
I have a few coins like that, various dates. But most if not all are post 1982. It must be from the new metal composition.
Great advice for the books, but it's a little different for the disks. At the top there is a "find" box. Usually I start with the denomination or...
guess no one here likes world errors
PMing my choice
1998 wide AM - wrong pic, shows the 1960s, see http://www.lincolncentresource.com/wideams.html 1960 - Upper left one is the SD, see...
Do you have a pic of it? there's nothing "natural" that will turn a copper penny black
is there any "gunk" on it? or is the color just black?
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