The OP's coin is a planchet for a Morgan or Peace Dollar. It was weighed - sometimes the tags have the weight (412 grains official)
Die cracks are raised on the surface of the coin. That's damage on your '72-D Cent - not an error, I'm sorry to say.
It's a struck thru, imo The rim issue could also be a struck thru, but can't tell for sure.....
Savagebud, I'd like to save you about $80 Take a $10 bill, flush it down the toilet, then imagine doing it again 7 more times. It will not be...
Not a rim cud imo - Could be a small flake of a lamination, but it also could be damage. Can we see a photo of the edge of the cent at that point?
The 'line' goes over the lettering, so it's not a die crack.
It's not raised - we can see it's scratched over those letters.
Finned Rims -
Type 2 copper planchet
Double 'vise' job on an unstruck planchet
Looks like a small die chip
Problem is that it's hard to tell from the photo if the letters are missing due to a filled die, or someone buffed them off as some sort of...
It's been de-plated
Most filled dies are not worth paying the certification fees to any of the services. A coin with 1 digit or letter missing should not be...
Yes, you're right in pointing out that the debris ON the Die can cause most 'struck thru's', but Expat asked if 'frost breaks' occur on the die or...
Badly corroded - aka: environmentally damaged surfaces Not an error coin of any kind
The odds are it's genuine, based on the dark, wrong lighting photos. (but we can't be certain, due to those not-so-good photos) It is NOT from a...
The Die
I don't see anything that says 'clashed dies' on either side.
It looks copper to me, plus some circulation light toning. If the reverse copper plating had been removed, you'd see the zinc planchet itself....
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