This looks like one of the many forms of mehanical doubling . Look at the bottom of the E in America and you can see where a little of the metal...
Hey don't quit so soon. All beginning coin collectors takes a while to learn about coins and make mistakes along the way. If someone get's you...
From what I can see in the photos this looks like a small collar clash on your coin. a collar clash happens when a coin die clashes with the...
Welcome vrssr The gap between the neck and the pigtail looks like it may be from overpolishing of the die that struck the coin. Sometimes the...
Don't feel bad at your self , it takes quite a while to learn about error coins and how the mint process works. I remember when I started out I...
Mike I totally agree with you about the afterimage like where the words THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY is still visable from the token. The denticles...
Hey whatever happened to the form rule here ? { IT'S OK TO DOWN THE COIN BUT NOT THE PERSON] What I said was just my opinion and my opinion is...
Jim this is a awesome looking coin . it sure would be a mystery for me to figure out what made it like this. This almost looks as if it was struck...
This is because the bottom of the A is puched over towards the M. Don't get discouraged and before long you can easily learn about error coins on...
Good post Jim , I also enjoyed this thread. Maybe some of us old geezers can learn something from it. I have found lots of these old coins that...
what you have here looks as if it may be what we call zinc rot. on these copper plated coins sometimes the copper plating becomes damaged and this...
I see you don't know much about clothes dryers. sometimes the clothes in them get's so hot the clothes do get on fire.this happened to us once and...
ziggy I know it would be impossible for anyone to prove what damaged this coin because apparently none of us saw it happen. After going back and...
The things you mention here is why I think this coin is a man made item. I'm sure most error experts would agree with me except the one that got...
Yes you could and the slabbed cent coin I own comes much closer to being real than this thing in this thread. Anyone that knows about coins would...
Because of the slanted plllars of the building it looks like this coin has been in a house fire or maybe someone used a torch on it. In my opinion...
this thing don't even come close to looking real to me and because it is slabbed don't make it real. it real coin dies had struck this piece at...
probably a tiny copper plating issue, look about anywhere else on this coin and other similar places can be seen.
The coin appears to be normal except for lots of wear and tear from being used over the years
This is PMD the letters have been flared out by something pushing down on them
Separate names with a comma.
