Just a guess, but I would say someone cleaned it up, not being able to get the areas close to the letters, and devices.
No, has a cast appearance and lettering and devices don't match up with original.
What is the weight? Is there a visible seam on the edge?
What tests did it pass? It appears to be the usual cast copy.
No, that looks like a cast copy.
Welcome to the forum, sorry to say your cent is worth just that, one cent. It is only damaged.
It is impossible for it to be what you think it is , so it is worth face value. Sorry.
Only if you want to spend $30 to get a coin worth 3 cents graded.
The pictures are terrible, but it almost looks like the coin is in a bezel? Definitely need better pictures.
OK, how did a flying eagle cent get struck on a copper coated zinc planchet? This question has been asked numerous times and you continue to...
14 months, next year will be 50 years for me and I am still learning from people on here! You have heard from the foremost error expert in the...
Yup, environmental damage, we see them all the time.
Did you read the thread? There is a link posted for the value.
If you are going to sell this to someone who knows their coin facts, you will get what it is worth, one cent.
If you are so convinced, why won't you have it authenticated by one of the third party graders? Tell you what, send it out, if you are correct I...
So I guess what you are saying is, someone in the 20th century took a copper plated zinc planchet, went back in time to the 1850's, had a flying...
OK, explain this. If it was struck on a flying eagle cent, where did they get the copper coated zinc planchet in 1857/1858 to strike the flying...
I think it may have been stamped on that many times, then run over a few times.
DDO, DDR, AND struck over a flying eagle cent? The odds would be way beyond astronomical, bordering on impossible. Post some clear pictures and...
Sorry, looks like normal beat up quarter.
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