Typical die life for a cent die is around 33 hours.
That it jumps to the magnet is a good sign. But there are fakes from China of this coin as well. A weight would be useful and of course images....
Did you look at them in person or just images online? Images can be deceiving. No, the mint did not go out of their way to create a cameo finish...
Note that the cents are in circular spaces, the mint sets from the mint did not have circular openings. This would require a custom sealing die....
Yes the 1800 S-203 is almost always seen with that heavy die clashing on the reverse. It damaged the reverse and caused the die to sink there at...
They are all called and slabbed as proofs today, but back it their early years they were all business strikes. Same thing with the 1894 S barber...
1964 Kennedy's were NOT minted in San Francisco. No mention that the 65 -67 Kennedy's had no mintmarks no matter where they were made. Or that...
Unless the obv die was damaged so severely that they changed the obv die.
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