Yes. But my speculation is based on the lack of any trace of a persistent proto-rim along the outer margin of the obverse face.
The lead-off coin is a partial collar error. It may also have been struck on a blank.
Actually, scratch that comment about the SBAs. It may have been the dies that were chemically etched. Too long ago to remember clearly.
They were loaned to me years ago by Fred Weinberg. I returned them long ago and took no photos.
I don't know what caused it. I have encountered a large series of BU SBA dollars that were chemically etched after the strike. I don't know what...
If my conclusion is correct, then it would have to be post-strike. If it was pre-strike, then the odd texture would have been erased in the...
The coarse texture of the affected area, the presence of a discernible "grain", and the fact that it continues onto the edge suggests chemical damage.
It's most likely a case of plating disturbance doubling. During the strike, tensile forces are concentrated at and near the edges of the design....
You have a rim cud that amounts to about 90 arc degrees. In other words, the rim gutter of the obverse die broke off here. Definitely worth keeping.
This is clearly a case of severe die deterioration, pure and simple.
I have seen many forms of peripheral die damage that parallel (and sometimes replace) the design rim. Most represent die attrition errors (where...
It's some form of peripheral die damage. Based on the photos, I would tentatively guess that this is an example of collar clash. A more...
In the absence of any other evidence, the default diagnosis would be a planchet punched out of rolled-thick stock. Such errors occur in most...
I have tomfiggy's cent. As I expected, all of the extraneous design elements are incuse. This is an obvious squeeze job.
There are only a few circumstances that will generate raised, mirror-image design elements. None of those circumstances are present here. It is...
A double denomination error would features raised devices from both strikes. Here the secondary elements are all incuse.
No lamination here. It's a bi-level (stepped) die crack.
This is an obvious vise job. Despite tomfiggy's protestations, the extra design elements are clearly incuse. Raised devices on the 1969-D cent...
The lead-off dime appears to have been struck on an improperly annealed planchet. When Cu-Ni clad planchets are exposed to to much heat, the...
100% post-strike damage.
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