It was struck thru grease in this area
Yes this makes this coin a premium coin if it really is a dropped letter coin because they are very scarce. from looking again at your photo I...
this looks like it has been struck thru part of a dropped letter and if it is it would be called a dropped letter coin. in case you don't know...
next time you get some rolls of coins look at the exposed ones on the ends of the rolls and you can see this on some of the end of the roll coins....
the copper plated cents after 1982 was one of our mints biggest goof ups ever IMO. when the copper plating gets these tiny defects in it this lets...
first coin looks to be from die detorastion second coin is PMD from the rim of another coin pressing against it third coin looks to have a...
this don't look like a RPM to me , it looks more like what we call mechanical doubling " MD " actually on our newer coins I don't think any of...
I may be able to help you a little , some of the things you are calling die cracks is laminated planchet coins. this happens when the metal alloys...
To me this looks like damage to your coin from the reeded edge of another coin by the other coin's reeded edge being pushed against your coin....
looks like everyone forgot about the possible error on this coin and went to debating if it was replated or not.
Hi Frankster and welcome to the CT forum. I can see that you are a new member and new members is better off to just ignore some of the older...
no the doubled die they are talking about is a very minor one and in my opinion not worth keeping. on the real doubled die there is a tiny raised...
this looks more like dried glue to me but not sure from just looking at the photo.
this is normal for some cent coins to look this way.
you are entitled to your own beliefs , nothing wrong with that
I have been reading this thread and I can not believe that a few folks thinks it may be a real mint error. someone said they can not see any...
I hope you didn't pay very much for this coin. I saw it on Ebay and knew instantly that it was just a beat up coin.anytime you find a coin like...
I agree with both posters #2 and #3 these coin have definately been hit with a hammer or some similar hard object.
are coins worth more when they are all beat up ? this one looks beat and banged up about as bad as I do. when a coin is found with post mint...
If this coin has a sunken in area on the reverse side directly opposite this area then someone has probably pushed something into the reverse side...
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