I would be interested in knowing the thickness. Expected = 1.52 mm - 0.102mm/+0.152mm
Thanks for that observation. It seems clear (from Mike's article in Coin world) that the 4 was individually punched.
The last digit is rotated in a counterclockwise direction and shifted northward. Online images of other 1964 5-centavo coins show the last digit...
I suppose possible but doubt it. I am not at my computer now but have you checked for a possible die clash?
As far as I know, the anvil die was the reverse at the Philadelphia Mint in 1996. Beginning in 1997, and increasing in practice through 2001, I...
Quite likely feeder Finger Die Scrapes [ATTACH] http://www.error-ref.com/die-scrapes/
I see no evidence that the feature is any deeper than the copper plating. Therefore I think it is a plating peel. A lamination would need to go...
I can't win for loosing. I did just that in my first half of the thread on the coin. The thread would not take all of my photos, so I was advised...
I was advised to continue photos in a separate post since the first shut off at 10 photos. While there are a few more photos, I will leave it...
1959 Un Peso Class II DDR: Rotated 40° CCW; Approximately 350° circumferential die crack. Many of the letters in Estados Unidos Mexicanos, on...
I think we may need to see a photo?
Resource for struck on wrong stock: [ATTACH]
Resource for checking if it were struck on a foreign planchet: http://numispedia.org/dump/Foreign-Coinage-Production-Figures.xls
Silver Quarter -> how to ID When a quarter which is expected to be cupronickel clad is found without a visible copper core, when viewed from the...
Nice! Pleased you got it. I decided not to bid. Good thing... you would have beat me anyway! I think fissure
I asked the mint what the tolerance was for die rotations. Here is their answer: “For circulating denominations the coin rotation tolerance is...
Here may be found definitions of different types of shattered die. http://www.error-ref.com/4880-2/
http://cuds-on-coins.com/washington-quarter-cuds-no-date-2/
Planchets used by the US Mint for the cent are obtained from Jarden Zinc. Here is a photo of their barrel plating process. [ATTACH]
88 with flared G
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