a dropped design element would have to be incuse on the coin. someone on here mentioned this area may be raised. if it is raised then something...
I believe you are seeing it wrong . there is nothing out of the ordinary here that I can see except the struck cent over a struck dime. the cent...
I wasn't talking just about cent coins. non cents try getting you some new rolls of quarters,nickels and dimes and you will soon see what I'm...
this is caused to be this way because of a coin die that had chipped places on it. every coin the die strikes after it got damaged will be the...
you may be right . I saw one Ebay seller last night that was trying to sell coins that someone beat up with a hammer for around 60.00 and another...
I doubt that this a doubled die coin because if it was the doubling should show easily as split serifs on the two T's of the word trust. this may...
It looks like the 2 may have some tiny die chips on it. when chips break away from the die the spaces gets filled in when the coin is struck ,...
non cents has told you the truth. for some reason all of our newer clad coinage will tone to a deep copper or deep brass color if they are left...
First off I want to say you have a beautiful coin here .. the number 1 for the date may have been filled in on the coin die. usually this don't...
you did the right thing . sometimes it is better to talk things over with a seller like you did. this helped the seller and you in the long run.
I don't see anything that makes the coin look like a doubled die
because he got put in the memorial building so he could rest .
what you are saying here does make sense. if something or someone broke the surface of the copper plating the zinc would start to swell up.
I would say yes to the die trails but the lines are so minor plus the coin looks to be all beat up.
how did anyone determine what date the coin actually is ? maybe this is the reason for the bad photos. I deal with a lot of different things on...
you would be better off to only look for the better errors and not pay any attention to the minor things . this is just my own opinion . if you...
looks like it may be a lot of PMD
this is probably because of die wear from lots of use.
it looks like the top part of the date has taken a hit from something. what is that line coming down from the date to the edge of the coin?
It looks like the copper plating is cracked along the edge of the mintmark and exposing the zinc
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