The coin is heavily damaged. The edge is rounded and a thin apron of metal has been relocated from the edge and rim to the obverse periphery....
It appears that this coin was polished outside the Mint and is not an error. The exceedingly vague letters LI are not consistent with their being...
I reported on a very similar clash in a 1917 half dollar. It was also a tilted die clash in the same area:...
This coin was also posted on the Error Coin Information Exchange. Here's the answer I provided: I have three dimes struck by this...
It's post-strike damage. The incuse, mirror-image letters ST (from TRUST) are contact marks from the obverse of another cent.
The missing statue is usually the result of overzealous die abrasion.
It's not a dryer coin. But it has been abraded outside the Mint and is not an error.
There is little evidence of striations on the reverse face, which would make a split-after-strike error highly unlikely. The finned rim on the...
If the coin weighs the same as a normal cent then the reverse was struck through a split or rolled-thin planchet. Probably the former. So it is...
Looks like a stain or chemical damage to me.
A silver quarter will weigh 6.2 grams. A clad quarter would weigh 5.67 grams. So just arrange for the coin to be weighed.
I said that the proto-rim of the planchet was well-developed. When a blank is sent through the upset mill, it is rolled and squeezed to a smaller...
I've figured out what's going on with this cud. The striking pressure was a tad low, meaning that the coin metal didn't rise very high into the...
It's machine doubling, a.k.a. machine doubling damage, machine damage doubling, mechanical doubling, strike doubling, ejection doubling, shift...
I do believe it's a cud, but it's a rather peculiar looking one. It's unusually flat except for its outer margin, which is thickened. That...
A feeder finger grazing a die face will cause die scrapes (or if you prefer, parallel die gouges). This was established without a doubt in a...
I agree with those who've concluded that this is a case of intentional die abrasion.
Sexist stereotyping is really uncalled for.
Yes, this is an error. It's a misaligned back. It should be worth well over $100 since part of another back is showing.
I've already explained the method that was likely used to create this double strike. I feel no need to repeat myself.
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