it's a zinc coated steel cent, it can have roller lines, it can't be a "woodie" the composition of the planchet is 99% steel with a thin layer of...
Aside from what you've already been told, all three are PMD. Two with environmental damage and the middle one with a coin rolling machine scratch....
Welcome to CT. All I see is the damage caused by a coin rolling machine.
Looks like old coin rolling machine damage.
I don't think there is any doubt that the damage was done by a coin rolling machine, so PMD, post mint damage, not a mint error. Welcome to CT...
No it's not. It's damage from a coin rolling machine.
Don't forget @JCro57
I don't think that is rolling machine damage due to it not being equal distances from the rim. It appears to possibly be a partial strike or just...
It looks like rolling machine damage to me. ~ Chris
Welcome to CT. In the first picture the mintmark, circled in red, is worn. It was a P for Philadelphia. In the forth photo, that is damage from a...
Any suggestions on what I could use (that's affordable) to take better close-ups?
Yes, it does look like rolling machine damage. It's not unusual for the mintmark to appear filled, especially on older circulated coins....
It falls under Damage from a coin rolling machine.
That's Damage. It's caused by a coin rolling machine. We see a lot of them her on CT. Welcome to the forum.
No the pic is fine. Look at both coins at the same time. The missing L in LIBERTY is just missing. That's from grease so thick that the Die can't...
I'm thinking the reverse is showing the washer or other metal object used to back the vise or vise grips to put the incused lettering from another...
Not damage from a coin rolling machine, but PMD anyway. Someone tried to make it something other than what it originally was.
The circular mark is damage from a coin rolling machine. It just happened to hit the bottoms of the letters and date. Damage, not a doubled die
Thanks for the inside scoop. I wish I could say I had a stash of gold coins to try this on!
IMO, all the above coins would straight grade if sent in. These spots are part of the coin's surface and are technically not "problems."...
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