Aside from it not being Chocolate Mint, I don't see anything wrong with the Mint. I see some bag marks/contact marks on the coin's surface. If...
A little flaking, probably from when the blank became a planchet, going thru the upset mill.
Yes, laminations are random shapes. Your's is a random rectangular (partially) shaped lamination. Not unusual to find laminations on all...
....ahh, so refreshing to see a Mint Error coin here !
That's the way I would read his statement - ie; if you want to be certain of it's medallic content, you need to pay for a XRF spectrograph...
Looks like I'm glad I was out of the office last week at the Long Beach Expo, and missed all of this. The ANACS coin has a Lint mark on the die;...
He sold it to you for around $300? That's great!
Do you need it for your Type Set of Mint Errors? Have you been looking for something like this for years? Is it going to be a permeant coin in...
The smaller print on that last line of mine is an 'error' - I must have touched a key that did that...I tried three times to correct it, but...
I've only seen a few 'thin copper' layers like this over the decades, so they would be considered very scarce. As far as value - there are no...
Mis-annealed planchets can have copper colored, and actual thin copper 'plating' on the planchet, mostly seen on Nickels. This 1968 (old) Nickel...
'environmental damage' What you see occurred to the surfaces after the coin was in circulation......
Filled dies aka 'struck thru grease' (or other machinery oil-like substance)
Looks like a struck thru, not a lamination; (grease or other machinery oil was on the die when the coin was struck) These cents are...
Nice Die crack.....and looks like a die chip too
It's a damaged coin, nothing else. I, as others, can state with certainty that your Cent did NOT leave the US Mint like this.
I was at the Long Beach Expo last week, so I'm late to the party. It's badly damaged, and not an error coin of any type, I'm sorry to say (and...
numismatic pareidolia
come on!
Acid/chemicals on the surface
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