I've seen this effect on other Nickel dates, and I agree with Mike that, like the cent pictured, it's the result of a collar clash.
It's damaged - there's no potential error on it.
Hi - Yes, it could be a counterfeit, but can't tell for sure from your photos. It's not an error, that's for sure. Thanks for coming here...
.....or if it's the same coin, but with the cracks on each side, it's a single counterfeit coin, not a pair, as I initially thought.
Nice example of a die crack on a Kennedy Half.
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Both those coins look counterfeit to me.
Not every single die crack or die chipped coin is photographed or listed. Generally, it's because they are considered mint errors - errors, yes,...
Contact mark, aka 'bag mark'
I figured that - but I wanted to put out there that we've seen posts from new members who think we're lying to them about their rarities due to...
I know I'm not the only one who has absolutely no interest in seeing a photo of the obverse. Oh, on another point - why does it seem that in the...
Everything you highlighted in Red is damage. Notice how the marks are in the same area basis the rim - The coin was probably caught/jammed in...
Acid. Period
It's been plated as a novelty item. It has the outer clad layers and copper core, you just can see them due to the plating of it.
All damage - no error on the coin. sorry......
There are no die cracks on the OP's coin.
Minor collar clash, fairly common. I don't see any 'filled die' look on the reverse of the coin. There might be a die chip in his head, or a...
There was a coin shortage around that time - one of the reasons silver was taken out of coins. Mintages were very high at that time, so in...
That's one of the best D/S Both O/C Wheat cents I've seen. Dramatic, and lots of each strike shows. The top part probably was a chain strike,...
No, I wouldn't consider your coin (Joe) broadstruck. The first strike was normal. (2nd strike was B/S, but that doesn't count)
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