Coins are soft metal and get really banged up from being used so much. Keep at it and before long you can become able to tell PMD from something...
Someone has damaged it with what looks like vise grip marks
Looks like your dollar coin may have a nice die clash showing on it. If this is the case it may have quite a bit of extra value , Die clashes on...
I see the Avitar , where's the coin ? ... LOL
I have a few coins like this and I always thought they would be impossible to be spooned coins and Mikes reply makes sense. I believe what he said...
Those that said it was glue has it right IMO. It is either glue or something else dried up on it.
Hi Mike , I think what you said is correct and I'm trying to figure out how this happened. Could this have been caused by the machine being shut...
I can't figure out how the 1961 coin could possibly be from the mint looking like it is. Maybe this is something I have never seen , It would be...
From your last pic. it looks like the coin has some struck thru grease areas.
Now what brought this on ? The op put a like on my reply so I was not harassing anyone. Some folks just can't wait to try to put others down .
I agree with Danomite on this one. The photos of the real RPM are much different from the op's coin. The line on the S of the op's coin looks to...
I'm looking at the Avatar pic too much and can't much on the coin. If I had a nurse that looked like that I believe I would go stay at the...
This must be something new , I used to sell and the only way a negative could be removed was for both the buyer and seller agree to it. Hell this...
I hope you will give this seller a negative feedback and mark it as "seller is selling damaged coins as errors". These sellers are quick to give...
I can see what looks like lamination starting at the back of the E on the OP'S coin . This may be evidence that some of the raised areas could be...
I know how hard it is when someone is just starting out learning about error and variety coins, I was there at one time. It takes a long time and...
This kind of junk is for sale on Ebay every day and other websites. The sad thing is that the beat up junk sells for more than the real error coins.
I see a lot of PMD
John it is hard to see in your photos but the mark on the bottom of the neck looks like a bag mark. Looks like a reed mark where a reeded edge...
Yes a coin can be dated by a die marker if there is a obvious identical die marker on record. I have a lot of error coins where two different...
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