You 100% sure it's steel and not zinc?
@paddyman98 After examining it, what did you find about yours?
Answer: The planchet is not a 1943 steel planchet; it is a zinc cent planchet missing the copper plating. A major blunder that could cost someone...
Zero mint errors
Answer revealed Thursday at 8 a.m. So far, no one got it
Do you notice what it is? [ATTACH]
I just got a notification that all of a sudden the seller can't find it. I really can't attest to why, but that is one excuse I never believe from...
Technically, plating blisters are a Mint error just as laminations and clamshells are. This example is a bright BU zinc cent and has the most...
The difference in texture is key here. Both cents have smooth surfaces compared to the nickel which looks jagged and textured. A complete planchet...
Ah...because I have a similar one and it's a 1983
I don't care about value. I just want to know what that collection is referring to.
That's exactly why I am confused. Is it the Chase Manhattan Collection, or the coin shop Paddy is talking about? Trying to see which is accurate.
I put a coin in a packaged envelope sitting on top of my car as I was pulling out my keys. Totally forgot the envelope was on my car. Drove away....
I am getting conflicting info as I look it up. Anyone know the precise explanation of what it is and whose it was?
@Fred Weinberg Have you often seen die clashes on counterfeits, such as the Liberty nickel posted above? I don't ever remember seeing one on a...
clashes and counter clashes
i can't remember ever seeing fake ones for sale. I am sure they have. I just don't remember coming across them for error coins I want to buy
and a dime one - not struck through a split planchet [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Full reverse indent (two of them actually). How'd it happen? A second cent planchet was directly on top of this one in the collar when the dies...
In all my years of searching loose or rolled coins, I have never found a significant error with a value that would buy a six pack of beer. I...
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