It might be worth a buck or two.
The crack is a lamination crack. I can't see the holes at the level of resolution provided by your photos.
Now you've got it! :)
No. Not a counterbrockage. Your coin was struck through a late-stage die cap. A raised ghost image bled through the thin metal of the cap from...
"Capped die strike" is quite a general term that encompasses a variety of errors. You can have a uniface die cap that from the get-go leaves no...
I see no indications that this is a double-strike. I don't see any doubling at all. Perhaps you're seeing machine doubling or die deterioration...
This is a very common site for machine doubling to appear on half dollars.
Coin metal conforms to the recesses of the die face. Both surfaces of a thin wafer of metal will conform to the nearest recess (in this case the...
Die chips. Very common on the wheat ears.
This is an authentic mint error. It's either a split-after-strike error or, more likely, a split-before-strike planchet that was struck beneath a...
Didn't you just sell it on eBay? That would tell you what it's worth. I'm not a coin dealer, so my grasp of wholesale and retail prices is...
Die clash on your 1913 buffalo nickel.
A silver dime weighs 2.5 grams. A clad dime weighs around 2.28 grams. The weight of your coin falls within the normal range of variation for...
One easy way is to mount a quarter planchet (cheap and easy to obtain) on a wooden dowel and press a quarter into the blank surface. Then use the...
Some people do collect struck counterfeits, so I think I would be worth at least $5 - $10 if offered up on eBay AS a counterfeit. Sending it to...
I agree that the copper plating was removed. Unplated zinc cents are devilishly difficult to authenticate. You need to start with one that is...
Yes, 1940. And yes, I have seen many cents damaged in this way. Often 1941 cents with this sort of damage are peddled as the "slanted 1 variety".
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