Could be any copper cent. With only 13 known to exist it is highly unlikely to be a 1943.
In my opinion, because it looks flat and shelflike is one indicator of worthless machine doubling. The second, more important indicator of MD is...
Nicely written and presented, I enjoyed that.
I want in. What a generous giveaway with such a great selection to choose from. It became a bit harder to choose after I saw you added a Trajan...
Might want to edit the title to MS 63 my Lord
German states issues of the 1700's are my favourite. Looking forward to your new giveaway
Well done @Santinidollar a great coin to win. Thankyou @lordmarcovan for another great contest and great prizes.
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Thank you very much for the nomination, very appreciated. If you do manage a visit to Spain you can get a look at its still visible history from...
I am seeing a typical copper plated zinc cent with its associated poor plating, and split plate "doubling" which has no added value on LIBERTY and...
Entry Post....on behalf of the next member who posts a quarternotes counterstamped quarter
It is caused by die polishing as they try to maintain and prolong the working life of the die. They are pretty common, not very hard to come...
Also, like weight, there is a mint tolerence allowance of around 25 degrees. Real interest begins when the rotation is 90 degrees or more.
I want it. For all the misery and deaths attributed to Caracalla, he was the man who introduced a new denomination to the Roman currency, the...
It is the compacted grease and debris in the incused part which falls out and is then subsequently struck into the coin wherever it landed.
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Obviously different dies, and bear in mind the mintmarks on working dies were handpunched in the general area. That is why you find different...
It is, as you say, slightly bigger than the original MM, but it is also smaller and wrong shape to be a dropped D from God. Planchet flaw that was...
The mintmark has the same and as the MM was added by hand to the working die, I would class it as machine doubling, IMO
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