The Kennedy half may have started out valid, but it looks like someone wanted to make it more intense.
I think that it's die deterioration in the Liberty
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I don't think anything happened at the mint. It was exposed to something environmental. The coin appears to show some wear on it, so it's not...
I think that it's die deterioration doubling, not a double die. Very little, if any, premium for any coin/any country DDD.
I'd say 1941 and gouged on the 4.
Now, for the Nth time, I will post this link to Wexler's works, one of the 3 top error/variety experts with formal journals/studies/publications...
If 1976, it's not silver.
Vise job, or leather strip and big hammer, impressing this Lincoln with another coin's date.
One questions like this, I always post this link for "worthless doubling". Go to the bottom or the left column to see the examples....
A little die deterioration, but tough to call it doubling of any type. Definitely not DDO
Back a few years ago (maybe 10-20) some people would air-blast coins with talc to remove surface grunge/marks. It was like sand-blast, but talc...
All I see is some light reflection and some kind of "spot".
I have collected errors and varieties for 40 years and use Wexler all the time, usually having to provide a link to all his works when questions...
It looks to me like die deterioration if anything, and still appears to be well within tolerance, but I'm not a modern US variety collector. My...
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