A piece of the cladding has been removed to reveal the copper core…PMD. …jmho…Spark
Honestly, I think this is a result of a worn die…early stage…I only see circulation wear on the rest of the reverse, and the obverse is showing...
Very nice find. With the flattened ear, cheek and jaw I would grade it a XF40-45. …jmho…Spark
Nice coin…Mexico has some very beautiful, intricate and interesting designs…and this is one of them. It looks authentic to me, I like both sides...
Pirates initially used a plain black flag, adding the skull and crossbones later and called it the Jolly Roger. A black spot is an area with no...
My guess is a combination of worn die, circ. wear and PMD. The lettering on both sides are very close to the rim, all the details are smushed and...
Research Celestron. I have a Micro-Capture Pro, around $100, it’s a 5 megapixel. I still elevate it for full (Morgan/Peace) coin pics and use an...
@Swervo513 …your co-worker is delusional. You told him correctly. The silver Kennedy half has evidence of handling…read that: circulated....
Not a doubled ear, nor a Close AM, if that was your next question…the ear needs to resemble the 1984 or 1995 types, this is not at all. The coin...
@Newb2coins …go to doubleddie.com, John Wexler’s website and read everything. It will help you understand worthless doubling, how dies are created...
Worn die strike and 41 years of circulation wear. It would help if you include close-ups of where you suspect the doubling…and…did you match it...
Happy Anniversary!…Spark
Use a gray background, not white, for darker-colored coins, and use full-image, cropped pics. Your camera/scope is overriding your light...
Please provide a decent close-up of EPU…Spark
Looks to be a combination of weak strike and then worn from circulation…imo. …Spark
…sorry, late and tired last night, got two posts mixed…the analysis was for the 1886P…the comment for the ‘21P Morgan with all the red squiggles...
Surface preservation has been poor…pitting is a serious detractor…looks to have been improperly cleaned and the rim dent means it was dropped or...
…well…I thought the metal was raised from the pic. I just now took a lot longer and closer look at it…the blob above was round enough to make me...
Gotta be die crack or die chips. A long shot would maybe be a dropped dot… …imo…Spark
It’s a mint error only in the sense that they used what was provided to them by their contractor. I’ve seen much worse…imo…Spark
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