How do these questions in any way relate to this thread?
not sanded, this is struck through grease. Sanding would remove the copper plate long before it would reduce the date or lettering.
every single cent from the Philidelphia mint had an upside down date in 1961......
since you are certain this is not post mint damage and know how this happened at the mint, please enlighten us!
based on the condition of the coin, even if genuine, this coin would not have much of a premium. That being said I do believe this is real.
rather than acknowledge that he may have learned something her he will ignore this thread.
"I can't figure out why anyone would want or need to do this. Clipped planchets occurred because the coin was made from precious metal and the...
I hate to burst your bubble on the reverse but it isn't the result of a clogged die either. Prior to the redesign of the obverse, with Lincoln...
that bulge under the lettering is from a worn die.
OK, I didn't recognize it because I'm still working on a bottle that had the plain white label.
so what was the bottle that the OP posted a pic of, that said verdichem?
all the details that are usually in the bays (lines around the pillars) are missing. my guess is that the die for this coin has been over polished...
zinc rot
there is no such thing as a clad nickel. nickels are the same alloy all the way through.
two varieties of the same error
the lower one would be a lamination peel and the upper one is a retained lamination.
what Conder said....
without beter photos it is impossible to say for sure, but I don't see anything. You also need to take into consideration that abnormalities in...
Frank's answer was the same as Non Cents, just not as verbose. The truth is that you asked a question with three parts but the answer to all three...
not MS either
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