no this is called toning
Lincoln's head is most likely PMD since the rest of the coin looks banged up. the raised line looks like it may be a die gouge.
The guys are telling you the truth . this coin is not worth anything because it is a altered coin . even if something like this did happen at the...
No need to worry about it , the ones you had a microscope had to be used to see them. the ones that can be seen with the naked eye are the good ones.
surely you don't expect someone to believe that you threw back the die clash coins.. LOL
the dime looks to have a tiny die gouge on the neck area , the cent has a small lamination peel .
I bet this one would have been totally awesome had the mint workers not ground off some of the die clash marks. a few of the coins from this die...
now what brought this on ? I was just trying to help you and if you had a good coin I would say congrats on a great find. Tommy I know about as...
no it's not a error . back when this coin was made the mintmarks were put on the die by hand and they can appear randomly on coins. I used to go...
maybe your photo is just playing tricks , the bottom of the 9 in the photo looks like it has a split place in it that looks like something sharp...
tommy you will find a lot of coins with this nearly worthless doubling on them. there are many forms of this MD , it will take you a while to...
it looks like Ken454 got it right . something has hit the bottom leg of the 9 , it is fairely common for this to happen when the coins are in...
looks more like MD
you are right this is from a worn die
thanks
it's like Chris and me said , die gouges from the die being polished.
no D , this is where something bumped against the coin. the rest is from die detoration.
I thought Full Bands only applied to the mercury dimes.
sorry Chris we were posting at the same time.
the doubling on this coin is MD and the marks below the eagle is die polish marks. In other words this is pretty much a normal quarter.
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