The nickel in the planchets make them harder. 75% copper 25% Nickel, but because of the composition it wears the dies faster than other...
Wear and tear/damage from some maniac in a garage. Either way, not a mint error.
EBay bottom feeders. LOL
Try a toothpick on the area. Sometimes you find it is just clear grease?
Nice incomplete planchet Cent. Even has the blakesley effect on the Obverse. My newest coin I've received is a box of LP-3 Cents. I haven't looked...
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Harp On Ireland's coins.
Take out of 2X2. That would take the glare off the coin.
Before 1990 all mint marks were placed on the dies by hand punching them. Thus the differing locations. On Variety coins the location of the mint...
Normal thickness as a Nickel? Normal weight on a Nickel? Devices show near the rim. Environmental issue. If the Nickel is thinner, the devices...
You don't want to be added to this list of don'ts! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESSUGiPE2yo
The 1970-S is a large date. The machine doubling makes it appear that it is small date. Check out the direction of the tail on the 1st and last...
It should have read PL. (Proof Like)
Machine doubling. Sorry. A real doubled reverse would have the devices looking wider without the pushed metal look. Note the rounded look of the...
Debris of anything that gets in the way of a normal strike. grease, wire, cloth, staples, even other coins. Probably more others can add to this list?
The mention of proof on the grade?
Looks like a folded piece of scrap copper on the 1968 Cent collect89. Looks like the devices are still struck on the scrap. I think the obverse on...
It's working now. I had an email with Bob @coppercoins and he didn't have any problem. It maybe an area thing. I had an blocker on this site that...
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