Both coins are damaged. There are a million potential ways for a coin to be damaged so I can't be sure what happened to each coin other than the...
Hubs are used to make the dies. Dies strike the coins. perhaps you meant loose die:-)
It is definitely a large date cent. Another way to tell is that there is the appearance of a line that goes across the 7 where the top of the...
Hi Mike, Thanks for that link. As well as you showing the coin, your article points out how many things are analyzed when an error coin is...
Hi Mike, Of course that does happen and you posted a great example of it. I don't know if you saw the original images which I think were taken...
It's tough to tell from the image. On 1972 D pieces, there is sometimes more prominent doubling on the WE TRUST and/or the designer's initials....
Please allow me to respond to some of what I've seen added to this thread. To start with, I have been a regular, monthly or twice-monthly,...
It was cleaned. I copied the image and magnified it on my computer, you can see a darker area around the date that is pretty evident. The dark...
Quoted from a post above....What is the source of this information?? I'm curious as Most sources indicate that the "punching in" of digits stopped...
I'll just be realistic and maybe blunt. The person who "verified" the 1985 D cent as anything but the effects of corrosion was clueless. If it...
I think you meant incuse....the c is near the f on the keyboard so it's probably a typo:-) Often, it is easy to tell if a coin is just rotted...
To clear up an obvious misconception, machine doubling is not hub doubling. To say machine/hub doubling indicates confusion about the terms....
It has to do with the metal fatigue caused by the overuse of the dies. Metal as it is pounded over and over again, changes in structure. The die...
One final observation and then I'm done with this fake:) The one on Heritage's website that was linked to above is of the same date and is...
jester, if your scenario were correct then the lettering wouldn't be so unaffected. If something were covering the die, it would distort the...
The coin seems to show the effects of having been struck by a later stage die that had a few gouges and some damage. There may have been some...
I also want to add that there is a post above referencing doubled dies being created during the process of making working dies from working hubs....
Part way into 1982, the Mint began making cents out of zinc coated with copper. It is a very unstable combination. Often around the mintmark,...
No Problemo:-)
Something to mention. For those that are really into rotated die errors....older coins with rotated dies, like half cents, large cents and indian...
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