It is indeed corrosion. Many things can cause it to be spotty like this. I've even known coins to have been sneezed on and over time, a spotty...
It needs to be weighed to be sure it was struck on a properly prepared planchet. If the weight is correct than the coin was very likely struck...
They did change the dies when they absolutely had to. The dies were overused , for sure during the 1950s but they were changed. Your coin most...
Was the car manufactured between 1960 and 1970?
It was just a bunch of "hype" probably by someone who was clueless and they sold you the coin because you thought it was something unusual....
Hi, No Problemo:-) I kinda figured that was the case:-) I think what they were explaining could be a book so I'll try to encapsulate it a...
Another form of doubling, also worthless, has to do with the way coin is ejected from the die. Since a mintmark can be fairly deep in the die,...
I would tend to disagree with one of BHP3rd's comments. In general he's right on but new discoveries are made by looking at everything. It is...
This is simply a coin struck by very worn dies. It's worth about 50 cents. What was this coin advertised as that it cost $9.00. The answer to...
Hi, None of that really comes into play with this coin. Every bit of the doubling is machine doubling. There is no doubled die, doubled...
Hi, I recently posted pictures of three 1997 cents with doubled ears. One thing to mention is that our skills at looking at coins needs to be...
Hi, Again, this is where pictures really come in to play on this stuff....the first picture of the 1941 Dime at the beginning of the thread...
Hi Carlos, The machine doubling is exactly where it would be if the die took a slight twist in a clockwise direction. You have to take into...
Hi, It's not even close to being an inverted S but this view sure does make it look like the RPM. It needs someone who knows what they are...
I'll take another go at the 1941 Dime if you can get a good shot looking straight down at it. From the picture provided, it looks more like...
Hi, That's what they look like when the die is near the end of its life. That's all the effects of die deterioration and circulation. There is...
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Hi, It's worth face value. The mintmark is damaged and the doubling is machine doubling. It is not an RPM. Thanks, Bill
Hi, Wow:-) How did I get mixed up in this one:-)?? I didn't even get a chance to respond:-) Have Fun, Bill O'
Hi, Sorry but, No , No and No. The first coin is not the S/S, the second and third coins exhibit machine doubling. Thanks, Bill
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