sometimes the coin's environment can cause the bad mixture to start delaminating after it left the Mint. I know people who put coins in a freezer...
some errors can happen after the coin leaves the mint, including laminations
Sure. 1. For starters the denticles look nothing like how they should. 2. The feathers are not very defined for what is a Mint State coin. 3....
I bought this knowing it was a fake. Neither the planchet nor the die strike is real.
Not sure yet. Cant scan until coin shops can reopen
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Yes. Missing the layer means it is thinner. The dies are calibrated to strike a certain thickness, and if it is thinner some areas won't be as...
100% not a split planchet, wrong stock, or a thin planchet error. I agree it is chemical and corrosive damaged that affected the weight.
I would consider myself lucky if some store accepted it as a quarter.
Actually it could be both. Lamination errors can also develop after they were shipped out of the Mint. So it very well could be a post-Mint...
I need better closeups to tell. part of it looks recessed into the coin on my end as if it were a minor strike-through a small fragment.
Please reread my post, and for God's sake, calm the hell down
Yup. Another total jerk
though they were counterfeit, was the metallic content correct or did they plate lead coins with gold, for example?
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Looking to buy some of these, prefer certified but willing to look at raw examples. edited Thanks!
I am looking to see if anyone has them, especially certified ones from PMG
based on photos, it is 100%, indisputably not genuine
Your nickel is altered. It was flattened by being struck a second and maybe a 3rd time with fake dies.
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