Machine doubling can be in various direction and vary from strike to strike. Just depends on how loose the machine is. Also, the nickels die...
It's still a wheat cent. I save even damaged ones in a pile to sell off someday.
Keep in mind that what you do to a coin can ruin it's future collect ability. Best to hold off till you know what to do. Experiment on coins that...
The scratch across the head would drop the grade a bit also. I've always enjoyed the Buffalo Nickels. They were a find in change years ago, but...
On the slab the listing for Mint state business strikes have the MS numbers. Proof ones on slabs will have PR or PF for proof. The proof reverses...
Just another hit. This coin has been around the block a couple of times. Check the fields. Even they have suffered.
Looks like damage. Probably a bag mark or circulation damaged.
I see weird colors on coins that come in contact with my wifes eye shadow kit.
It may have been rusty, or they wanted to make them look like an un-circulated coin. What they did by re-plating ii was to ruin the collect able...
It doesn't look right to me. What color is the area where the clip is? The area on the reverse shouldn't have those bumps near the clip. The...
Re-plating the zinc back on the coins of circulated examples. The surface has too much luster and the re-plating magnifies the magnifies the...
The steel to steel contact affected the dies of the 1943 more than originally thought. There were die clashes, die breaks and worn devices during...
You just need one of these in your back yard. [IMG] LOL
Thanks Panda. I've never noticed that before for that year. I was looking through the whole series and missed that one point about the 1968. No...
It would be like cornering the market of sand. With all the Philly ones being the same for those years, that is just the way it is. Nothing to...
The Jefferson's did't have a P mint mark till 1980 with the war nickels being the exception. Nothing to get excited about cause all the 1946-1979...
Here is an image of an obverse cud. [IMG]
1956-1964 are the years so far found that I know of. So Keep looking through your collections.
MS-60-MS70 depending on how many bag marks/eye appeal it has.
MD= Machine doubling DDO= Doubled Die Obverse DDR= Doubled Die Reverse RPM= RePunched Mint mark OM Over mint mark from different mint OD Over Date...
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