These are not partial collar errors ("railroad rims"). These are encased cents (lucky token cents) that have been removed from the surrounding...
It is my opinion -- one that is shared by many others -- that strike doubling IS a minting error. After all, it is related to the downstroke of...
It is strike doubling (a.k.a., machine doubling, machine damage doubling, machine doubling damage, mechanical doubling, ejection doubling, etc.)....
Thickening of the letters is most likely due to die deterioration (die wear, die fatigue). It's very common on 2000-P nickels.
It is a common place for die cracks to form.
I concur with DJGSMP and Jason.
Yes. Chemically etched and eroded.
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I agree with Speedy. The coin looks highly questionable.
Sounds like an "acid job". The coin was immersed in a corrosive liquid that eroded the surface. Such coins are characterized by: 1) thin or...
Fascinating. This is a bizarre form of die deterioration. I would, in fact, classify it as a "soft die error". This is a rare form of die...
It would most likely be a die crack. It may not show up on the top of the letters because effective striking pressure is lower here, and might...
"Severe" is just a descriptive adjective, not an official designation. "DDD" is all you need.
Severe die deterioration doubling.
It's not a mint error. The obverse was removed by some sort of lathe.
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You can certainly get a "15 cent piece", should a struck dime get struck by nickel dies. However, "deepcolor123" appears to be describing an...
Again, it's undoubtedly a simulacrum. Your coin features heavy radial flow lines, a sign of advanced die wear (die fatigue, die deterioration)....
Sounds like another "vise job". I assume the dime details are incuse and mirror image. If so, then a dime was hammered or squeezed into the...
The skeptics are all correct. This coin was vandalized outside the mint. These are often called "vise jobs" or "sandwich jobs". Two struck...
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