I suspect these are genuine cents that were altered outside the mint. Perhaps they were cleaned afterward.
Sounds like you have a minor misalignment of the obverse die and, perhaps, an unrelated minor filled die error. The weak 5 could also be caused...
Probably a case of mint discoloration. This is sometimes accompanied by closely spaced parallel lines, streaks, or striations. The cause of both...
It looks like post-strike damage in both cases. The incuse letter impressions represent some kind of "squeeze job". The other coin shows no...
It doesn't look like any kind of strike-through I've come across. I'd vote for post-strike damage.
If its weight and diameter is normal, then it's almost certainly plated. Or perhaps it was dipped in mercury.
If it's a genuine rotated die error, then it's worth several hundred dollars, even if it's lightly circulated.
From here it looks like an authentic case of incomplete copper plating.
Sounds like a filled die error. These are quite common.
Looks like a D over tilted D repunched mintmark variety. Nine RPM's are listed for 1971-D cents in the CONECA variety master listings...
It could be one of several things. 1) A lamination flake that's lifting up. 2) A blanking burr ("rolling fold"). 3) A retained cud. 4) A rim...
Could be damage. Could also be a lamination error. In other words, you may be looking at a flake that's starting to lift up.
True, it could be a "brass plated" cent. These are thought to arise from zinc contaminating the copper plating solution. Copper + zinc = brass....
That's not correct. A die clash produces letters that are incuse and mirror-image. Clash marks are generally confined to the field and the...
Color means nothing. Given the right chemical environment, a cent can turn almost any color imaginable. It could also be plated.
Agreed.
I'd say it's random damage that coincidentally follows the facial undulations.
It sounds like you have a normal half dollar. The letters "BER" are supposed to "disappear" behind Kennedy's hair and there are supposed to be...
A rounded rim could be the result of a slightly weak strike. There would be no premium attached to it. If it's actually the edge that's rounded,...
There are at least 113 RPM's listed for 1960-D cents, so I wouldn't be surprised at your find.
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