non cents is telling you the truth , your coin is just a damaged coin. it is damaged all over , look at the bottom of the rest of the letters in...
no... I was just talking about the problems of the zinc rot in our copper plated cents.
Mike and non cents told you the truth about this coin . I have one here somewhere in my junk pile that is worse than your coin , the letters are...
on these darn zincoln coins the copper plating problems is really confusing. sometimes it still even tricks me a little and I have collected error...
this is from over polishing of the coin die. the mint workers removed too much metal from the die
did you ever consider that this may be from a die dent ? lots of things can happen to a coin die like warping , buckling , gouges , scratches ,...
the coin looks like it may be a broadstruck coin. does it have a reeded edge or smooth edge ?
darn good post Kasia , maybe someone will read it and learn a couple of things. like the op's coin here in this thread because it is from worn...
Kasia you can go ahead and be your usual self , what others say on the forum don't upset me .
that sounds like a good idea . I have a lot of good coins that needs to go on Ebay . I used to sell things on Ebay then had to have open heart...
Sorry about that Kasia . I had my bifocals off and it looked like awordcreated had made that statement. this newer forum is a little confusing. I...
here is a few images of my two struck thru Minnesota quarters . These have been lost in my coin boxes for close to a year and I finally found them...
you are correct and I have one just like yours that I kept . this is actually from die detoration , i suppose we could say vibration helped wear...
looks like you missed the 1988 cent with 1989 reverse. i have been watching out for these while roll searching and so far have come up with none.
The place om Lincoln's nose is PMD like non cents said. the damage on the nose was caused by the reeded edge of another coin like say maybe a...
it's not a clipped coin . looks like something took a bite out of it.
I agree with non cents about being a clothes dryer coin . the poor old cent has been literally beat to death. I bet it has seen many battles.
you are right the split P is PMD
this could be a mint error , sometimes two planchets enters the coining chamber at the same time. in this case only the obverse side of one coin...
try checking it to see if it will stick to a magnet . some of the older fake coins from China sticks to a magnet. I have a fake trade dollar and...
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