looks like the coin may have been lost underground and later recovered , the pitting will hurt the value .
this is a laminated planchet coin . this happens when the coin's metal is not mixed properly .
it is die chips . a few tiny pieces have been chipped of the coin die and left small voids. then when the coin dies struck the planchets the voids...
You have asked a good question here and it is hard to say for sure how the corrosion can eat away a coin without taking away the letters and date....
RPM is short for repunched mintmark
I would say worthless to me unless I had one in my hand , I have searched coin rolls for many years and never found one
do you really trust a seller on ebay ? that roll of coins probably are wore out by folks opening the roll then rerolling it . anyway let us know...
OH no not another ebayer that thinks all of his pocket change is one of the real doubled die coins , that's all we need
Rick in my opinion your 72 cent coin has the same type doubling as the 1968 coin in your avatar . this does not come even close to looking like a...
that would be a good way to describe it , copper changes color easily.
the reason that you were able to get some coins struck by the same die is because the coins were found in the same roll and this kept them...
what makes you think this is not a hit ? I can see where it looks like something has dug into the coin and pushed up a ridge of metal below the...
ok then the cello mostlikely had some pin holes in it and letting in bad air like say maybe smoke to the coin.
I agree with jay that four of these coins in the last photo are from a collar clash , these four appears to have identical clashes and are...
a lot of cent coins in the late 70s and 80s have about this much rotation. at one time I was keeping these but decided to stop saving them.
probably some kind of environmental damage.
looks like a die chip is starting to form here
are you friends with Carlos ???
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