Looks like die damage
it looks like the mintmark may have taken a hit from something
looks like a nice triple clash , congrats on a good find
no not a double date , this is because the coin has seen heavy use
looks to be a normal coin to me with some dents and dings from lots of use.
agreed , die clash
dollar the coin you have here is definately a man made altered coin , I have done many of these over the years just to see what they look like. I...
this coin looks about the same as the Connecticut quarter the guy on ebay has and he is asking 300,000 for it. these struck thru coins with this...
The Chinese are going to really hurt the coin collecting hobby. I even saw some gold coins for 1.80
It's good to check all things out. I didn't look at this at first but this is also more blisters from the zinc swelling up. I wish our cents would...
don't throw her back too soon . it looks like you have a interesting coin here . I didn't look at all the photos at first and took another look....
so many freak things can happen at the mint that some of them are hard to figure out. I think I may have figured out what made the sunken in area...
hey don't worry I'm betting Mike will figure it out. yes we all know it was on the reverse die when the op's coin was struck , like I said...
this is zinc rot caused by the thin copper plating getting damaged and lets the zinc get exposed then it rots.
Jay this does imitate feeder finger scrapes but in this case it looks more like from a over polished die. feeder finger scrapes don't usually...
Mike like I said back in post #14 this looks like the brockage maker may have been a worn die cap that came loose from the obv. die and somehow...
yes the die was heavily ground and polished. this also removed part of the original design . the area in front of the eye is also missing
this is from the die being ground and polished to remove something from the die , it was probably die clash marks that was removed
Congrats on a awesome error coin OldErrorGuy . I sure like this one.
Oh my ! now it looks like we may have a mind reader . Was you the one I was referring to ? If you know exactly who I was referring to then please...
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