Hi, Sorry, that's a die chip. Size has nothing to do with it. A crack meanders across the surface of the coin. This is a "lump" ...lumps are...
Hi, Some of you guys are on cloud nine :-)....The coin is damaged, look at the circular damages on the obverse and reverse, right in the...
I can't tell from the pictures but I would hang on to it until someone who knows what he is looking at can see the coin "in hand". I just can't...
Joe, It's Longacre doubling and this is not it. Longacre doubling was an effect seen on Indian cents and some other obsolete coinage. Jello,...
Also, I would check to be sure the slab was not tampered with. How that coin got graded as an MS- 64 is a mystery to me. Thanks, Bill
Yes. It is important to note that this is the effect of a die clash. It was really pushed on the 1955 dated coins but this "Bugs Bunny" die...
I have no doubt that it's real.
Hi Joe, Yours is just a beat up 1882, sorry... Bill
It is an interesting coin. I also can't add anything as far as information on it but you are right, it's supposed to have a hole. Thanks, Bill
Hi, I lovingly call them "Rot Spots" :-) These coins are a zinc core with a copper plating, the copper is compromised and the zinc underneath...
Hi, That's just machine doubling. No Repunched Mintmark. Thanks, Bill
Hi, It's not a die crack. It is either an extremely minor struck through error or a small ding that happened when the coin came in contact with...
Flat and shelf like would be signs of machine doubling damage, so I am guessing you have the concept backwards:-) Have Fun, Bill
It's a doubled die but it is important to note that many of these types of coins from Argentina minted during that period were doubled dies....
I'll see what I can find to help you.
jazzcoins, You are being too inventive. You can't have one without the other. Your coin has reeds. It can't be a broadstrike as the collar...
That is cool! Bill
That was the stuff...copper sulfate. Thanks Conder Bill
Hi And, This is essentially what machine doubling damage looks like on the edge. If you understand the way that the letters are added, you...
GREAT Coins!!
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