It's off by a gram plus the weight of the 2x2 and staples. You have to remove the coin from the 2x2 before weighing If you paid $40, you need to...
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That's known as a misaligned die, not a true off center
Looks like a minor die chip which is an error. Keep it if you like it. Sometimes people will give minor die chips catchy names in order to hype...
From your post it appears that you know it's not the valuable DDO. Just mechanical doubling. No added value. it looks like it's in nice shape,...
Even if an eBay listing is described accurately as DDD or MD, I hold sellers like that in low regard. As witnessed by the many posts,...
The people who are paying a premium for these coins ARE NOT knowledgeable collectors. They are new or uninformed collectors who are confusing MD...
For newer Coin Talk members. Here are some archived threads from the time @goldcollector cheated another CT member. He brags about how much...
It is easy to see that your coin was struck on a Clad planchet. No questions there. Clad coins weren't made until 1965. If your coin was...
Some things to keep in mind as new collector looking for errors * Knowledge is your friend. The more you know about the minting process, the...
It is damaged. Look at the right side of the mm. The displaced metal and flattened appearance tell you the area was hit. Always look at the...
There are many knowledgeable members on CT but they don't always have the time to type out a detailed answer. One thing I've noticed is that...
There are examples of older over mint marks. The 1900 O/CC Morgan dollar 1950D/S quarter are examples. Go to www.doubleddie.com and open the OMM...
It looks like a minor strike through to me.
Here is some info http://www.error-ref.com/?s=Ragged+clip
While yours looks similar, I don't see any notching (split seriphs) that would indicated true hub doubling. It looks like die deterioration...
@paddyman98 pic in post #10 is an excellent visual of the types of clips (I know it's an incomplete planchet, but I've been calling them clips...
@Fred Weinberg comment about the punch and tear characteristic is a great diagnostic to use. As the planchet is punched out of the strip, approx....
Sorry, to bare bad news but your coin isn't struck over a 1941 quarter for the following reasons: * The 1970S Proof quarter was made by a...
You can easily see how the D has been damaged from a hit on the top and right side. What appears as an S is actually metal displacement from the...
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