You may be right . whether real or fake it has been struck three times. on the obverse side the word WE is visible three times and the second...
the acid was also dissolving the nickle . on the edge of the coin the copper layer is eat away , that is why I said the acid dissolved the copper...
you are correct , it has been in a acid bath. the acid eat away the copper faster than the nickle.
Connie I can see the coin really good in your photos and it looks like it is only PMD which means post mint damage. even if it was some type of a...
This is too confusing , two coins on the same thread
No offense Matt but this one kinda looks homemade to me. it just has too many warning signs like the word liberty being too mushy looking on the...
You didn't say what is wrong with the 43 cent . the only thing I see is that it may have been plated with copper , the 43 cents were steel . the...
I would lose my hind end if I tried to collect ancient coins. some that I have seen were obvious fakes that had a cast lead center and...
It looks like the coin has been damaged . a cud is always at the rim of a coin and if something looks like a cud appears elsewhere on a coin it...
you are right and this same thing can be randomly found on other types of the presidental dollar coins. I think what happened to these coins was...
you can click on the link I'm adding here and read about the type error your coin has....
Your coin looks to have quite a bit of lamination on it. This may be what you are seeing but a better photo may help.
this sounds like it may be a altered coin , I can not see this in the photo
This is the way the mint makes them. no two coins are totally exactly alike even when they are brand new from the mint. they are close to being...
In post #4 Treasurehunt said not a clash and I agree with him. It is evident that your 43 coin does have some anomalys but I'm not sure if it is...
the 1943 is struck on a laminated planchet , these 40% silver war nickels were bad to have laminated planchets because of the metal mixture. I'm...
If the dealer is a dealer in regular coins and not error coins he or she may know nothing about error coins.
your photos are good enough for someone to be able to see what you have. it looks like all you need is to practice with the lighting issue and...
where you have the arrows at near the bottom of the coin looks like scratches. this coin is not from a die clashed strong enough to make it into...
In post #4 go take a good look at the coin in the link that Jello added for you and remember what the 97 doubled ear looks like then if you happen...
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