If this was really done at the mint then I'm almost certain that the dies had been heavily abraided to remove something or maybe it was unfinished...
I agree with LostDutchman about post mint. someone used a hammer on this coin. you can compare it to a normal cent and this one will be much wider...
the 1976 dollar coin looks like it has been cleaned by someone with sandpaper,probably to remove heavy corrosion. even if a planchet looked like...
Some of you may be interested in this link. http://coins.about.com/b/2008/03/28/pcgs-warns-against-fake-slabs.htm
There is a seller on ebay that makes these quarter/Sacagewea dollar mule coins and sells them for around 12.00 each. I'm not sure if he is still...
This is probably from a clashed die. I can see what looks like lots of die grind and polish marks on your coin which is a pretty good indicator...
Kasia you should have read the entire thread before trying to down me. Go back and look at the first post , I'm not the one that authored this...
Yes I had someone look at it and did I ever say it was a major error ? I don't remember it if I did because a struck thru die cap coin is not a...
You might need a few cold ones to go with the popcorn before this show ends. No one wants it to end. LOL
What the heck ? Does everyone think Mike Diamond is some kind of a coin God and can do no wrong and believes every word he says? I knew BJ would...
good job pennsteve , this will give the trolls something to gossip about .
On post # 15 someone even gave the information on the OP'S coin from the experts as to it being a doubled die and you still said the OP'S coin was...
You are one of the very ones that has said many times that every coin I show on here is only PMD. Now I see that you may have not known any better...
The struck thru wire thing you mentioned is probably a metal shaving that was created on the second strike of your coin. sometimes the coin dies...
this is a altered coin where someone put this coin in between two more coins and squeezed them together. this coin has had at least two of these...
This does not look like a mint mark to me . It looks as if something has dug into the coin and pushed up some metal to make it look like a mint...
It looks like a few things have hit this coin just right in a few places that makes it appear to look like a 7. I'm mostly just guessing because...
I can't tell for sure from the photos but this coin looks like it may have been double or triple struck while still in the collar with a slight...
The zinc has become rotten underneath the super thin copper coating and has swelled the copper layer up into this shape.in other words this cent...
It's possible this coin could be a real mint error. there are a few real ones out there that are struck only on one side. this happens when two...
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