OK....It's an AU-58 by PCGS
possibly or a scuff mark or something. Either way, it doesn't really detract from the error itself. Now if it were a counting wheel mark or a...
I believe this is the only known 1945-S that exists. Care to guess the grade? [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Send it back. It wil ALWAYS bother you, Rick.
likely there was cloth to wipe down and clean minting equipment. It may have snagged and ripped and got caught in the press. Then the cloth...
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Not all saddle strikes have humps. Still, I can't confirm it is a saddle strike. It seems to have a concave curve on the obverse and convex on the...
Any more grease and it would be completely blank... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This was the best one I ever had. I put it on the cover of my 1st edition. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The coin was deplated and thus damaged
Think about it. That raised metal along the edge near the 6 is higher up that the raised markings of the date. How could it have left that area...
Looks like tool marks to me. Angular in shape. Metal raised up, and an even better angle. Again, that would have been flattened out from tons of...
Look at the bottom loop of the 6. It has shifted upwards and in towards the center of the planchet; that means metal went backwards and up during...
Definitely not cast
Yes. 2 photos can do it. Even one
Roller marks leave a stain and the striking process embeds/bonds it into the planchet metal. I doubt the stain will come off, or not fully....
I do consider it a Mint error, but is still worth 1 cent.
I think perhaps you are confused. My coin was altered. No question about it. It was a genuine Mercury dime later altered with fake Lincoln cent...
She nailed what my coin was? And what other coin are you talking about? I am lost
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