That is normal. Still not 100% sure about the die crack, maybe someone else with more experience in errors can take a look?
It might be a die crack, but clearer pictures may be needed. Die cracks don't seem to add much value to coins (maybe a dollar or two) but I still...
I've seen several show up in circulation, so keep looking!
Thanks for commenting everyone, I'm excited to add this to the collection!
I wish I had a widow's mite that looked that good. Nice picture :)
A few years back I became pretty interested in these and just kept accumulating them. I almost completely forgot about them until I saw this...
Thanks so much for helping! :)
The differences I notice are pretty subtle. For example, the "K" on the reverse of my coin is in between the 2nd and 3rd lines (I don't know what...
It looks very, very similar, but not an exact match. Could it be a slightly different variation or something?
I went through a pile of ancient coins at yesterday's coin show and picked some out. I recognized many of them, but I'm not sure what this one...
I have quite a few of these too. They aren't worth much but are still interesting.
I just got this from today's coin show for $38 and thought I'd share it. It clearly has issues but I still like it. Thoughts? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I hate milk spots. My understanding is that any type of cleaning is bad for coins. but someone with more knowledge about this will have to...
Nice die clash! It looks like that's original mint packaging - did you get the whole set with it?
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New arrival from eBay - just something a little different: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Interesting story here, actually. One of the dealers at a local coin show had this in a box of slabbed coins. I asked him about the doubled die...
I posted a thread about this coin a while back, but I like too much to not post it again :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Today's new purchases - I finally got a Canadian silver maple leaf! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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