Looks like it was trying to be two errors in one. It was trying to be an uncentered broadstrike but the collar was not completely out of the way,...
No, there have been many with birds on them (birds are animals), The Wyoming (Yellowstone) had a Bison, Montana (Glacier) had a sheep don't know...
I believe ICG will only slab the counterfeits if they are contemporary counterfeits, not modern ones. But I'm not sure about that.
I thought the date looked crude, but in comparing it with known genuine coins it is a match. I'm envious it is one of the four pieces I still...
But when they are applied during the strike, the collar has to be segmented so that it can open up and release the coin after the strike and then...
Unless that small town is a good distance from any large towns. Then you get "new" coins two or three years after they are released. I keep...
I would say no, it looks like surface staining.
One correction to the Coinfacts article. This is not correct as at least one of the 69-S DDO cents known does show machine doubling on the...
No that appears to be damage. They were still adjusting planchets at that time but unlike the early years where they ran the file across the face...
There isn't a complete one. Stephen Crain's collection would have been a good basis for such a reference and I believe he was planning on doing...
I didn't address the spots because I really don't have any good data, just a picture. It looks like it is sitting on the surface of the coin....
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