some 1997 cents also have a nice doubled ear . the coin in this thread is not a doubled ear , something has bumped into the bottom of the ear...
We should never say NO chance until something is looked at in hand by someone that knows error coins. Remember how many of you that said this...
there is a possibility that this coin may have been struck with a late stage capped die on the reverse side. there appears to be a thin part of...
what the heck ? You may have eat too much of that crow you said you was going to eat in another thread. I hope you are ok ....... LOL
I know exactly what this is. this coin has been turned down by using a lathe in the machine shop.It was probably going to be a two tailed coin and...
This looks like a struck thru coin . something has been in between the die and the planchet when this coin was struck. if someone had ground this...
That's a really nice coin you have here Sully. it also looks like the reverse die had a small upwards warped place in it directly across from the...
I would have to say this is a real error coin. the reason I say this is the fact that it would be nearly impossible for anyone to duplicate this...
your dime is a normal looking coin. it is common to find coins that are slightly off center. it would be really hard for the mint workers to get...
this is exactly what I was going to say but I see you have it already figured out. every coin this die struck after it got this worn will be...
I have a bit of info. here that may help some of you with these copper plated cent coins. If you find a coin that is dirty looking and a few thin...
because this coin looks like a real doubled die coin and your coin appears to have one of the many types of doubling that doesn't add any extra...
all I can see in the photos looks like what we call mechanical doubling {MD}
where you have the red arrows it looks to me like something may have bumped against the mintmark and pushed the small area down.
In my earlier post I made a typo error , I said don't listen to folks on here and I meant to say don't listen to some folks. I didn't mean to say...
Hey don't destroy this coin . you may have a really valuable coin . please don't listen to what some folks say on here.
You are correct , I just said it this way because the OP was calling the torch a fasces.
because you just are not seeing the dime part , what you are referring to is what is left of the original design of the cent.
The poster of post #2 and post #3 got it right . if you look directly in the center of the coin it is really easy to see the fasces or what some...
first one i have seen like this but it has been struck on a real cent coin , the words WE TRUST are still visible. anyway that is a good slogan...
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