Obverse picture of a wheat, reverse of a memorial? The obverse does not really look like a lam error to me. Looks more like the coin was exposed...
The mushiness in the eagle's legs and the arrow knock down the grade. Looks like the coin has retoned from an old cleaning or dip, but it looks...
It was scratched with something. Value: 1 cent.
That's a clipped planchet error. Nice coin. You can find out more about clips and how to spot them by reading this link and searching for the...
The date looks really weird.
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When I first looked at it I was confused as well. It looks like an optical illusion where it is hard to tell what devices are incuse and which are...
I came to the same conclusion. Sounds like the people on the forum are talking about the mintmark position in relation to the date, which can vary...
You just electroplate it with a magnetic material...
Read my latest post. You can easily plate a coin through electrolysis. That doesn't require high temperatures at all.
Did you not read my last post? If people removed the copper plating: 1) the coin would weigh less 2) It would not be shiny like you see And you...
I don't think people removed the plating, I believe they ADDED plating. You said it "weighed as much as 2 penny's", so obviously material was...
That's definitely incorrect. I have found plenty of wheats plated with other metal. Here is a link to some in fact....
Perhaps you don't get it my friend, as 1982 Lincoln Cents were minted in 2 different compositions...both the 95% copper composition from pre-1982,...
It weighs more because someone applied another layer of plating after it left the mint...it is not an error.
That's a beauty! Congrats.
It has melt+whatever someone would value artificial toning at.
Some sort of PMD. LostDutchman's explanation for the expanded area sounds pretty good.
Probably one of my favorite coins in my collection, and definitely my nicest Large Cent, a stellar MS62 1820 Large Cent (probably from the Randall...
Looks more like multiple lamination errors.
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