I can't say if it's an RPM or not but it doesn't look like strike or "machine" doubling to me.
Hard to tell if it's a mint error or post mint damage from the pic. If it's post mint damage, it's pretty darn nice. Most of them that I have seen...
It's there but I'm sure it's MUCH easier to see in person. Nice score!
It isn't an RPM either.
I'm certain that this is not a Doubled Die and it has to do with the plating on the coin moving durring the strike. I could be wrong about the...
Why is the nickel that you have it placed next to an "acid" nickel (soaked in acid to make it smaller)?
A full date 50% off center Franklin half ..... any date. Or a full date Franklin struck on a Lincoln planchet .... any date.
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The doubling most likely is a type of weird plating smear. I don't know the tech. name for it. I'm with Doug and the "leaf and berry" is corrosion.
You hit the nail (or coin :) ) on the head. Post mint damage all the way.
Could be post mint damage. A lot of off center coins will have post mint damage due to getting caught in coin rolling machines. This causes the...
I have been trying to snap myself out of this funk that I have been in for the last couple of months. The lawsuit, family trip and bizzare family...
Not so. In order for a coin to be considered off center it has to be missing some of the devices of the coin. Coins like Morgan dollars and...
These bubbled are made by placing the coin under extremely high heat. The heat causes gas to build between the clad layers and it produces a bulge...
In my opinion when they plate the coins they are considered altered and it takes away any extra numismatic value from the coin. The coins will...
Looks like the copper plating was removed. If it were a legit lincoln with the copper plating missing it would have a different look to it. Your...
Sweet! looks legit to me. Did your dealer weigh it? If it weighs the same as a quarter then it's most likely real. It looks like a silver era coin...
Die cracks are pretty common on early lincoln memorials. If strong enough they could bring 50 cents to a dollar on ebay but they have to be pretty...
Sounds like a "finned rim" to me. I'm not exactly sure of the cause but am thinking that it could be from a tilted die causing more pressure on...
Nice split before strike planchet Lincoln. [IMG]
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