As noted, the foil folds over and is coined atop the planchet. It separates and creates the distorted image you have there. That's a fun find!
Dryer or spooned dime. One of our fellow enthusiasts has it right.
Answer: spelling 'German' with a D.
A couple observations: As @paddyman98 noted, machine damage caused during the strike. Most of the time, the MD seen on a coin affects the...
I concur with our fellow enthusiasts. Lamination error. I like older issues like this one that have the softer appearance from circulation and...
MADs are very common and as noted, they have to be misaligned to the extent the outer devices are affected before a premium can be expected. An...
Fun finds. But they may have been someone else's dump coins. They do look cleaned to me as well.
Looks like a couple nice LWCs mixed in there. FYI, using flash usually washes out the photo of your coin. Have some fun and play around with...
Coppercoins doesn't list a combo DDO-DDR for the date/mm. Photos look OK too. Here's a link - Advanced search - coppercoins.com
It appears to be a normal cent. That particular DDO is rather obvious, and I've seen on CRH enthusiast find one in circulation a few years back....
You have the idea correct. When there is a die break that involves the rim, especially when it's missing, you have a cud. Here's link - Cuds on...
It's always a good idea to post pictures of the obverse and reverse, cropped to only show the coin keeping an eye on over...
I agree with Larry. Looks like that cent took a scratch across the obverse. The reverse looks normal (I tend to focus on the dots in EPU - look...
Yes, no offense to folks giving a short answer and we all are prone to do it, especially where one's time might be short on a given day. But...
I'm tempted to offer a suggestion, but I like the angle @Insider. I was trying this approach the other day to see if one of our new enthusiasts...
@PamR Have a look at the RDVs and ODVs, and note the color coding. This might help you going forward. Design Varieties (varietyvista.com)
In machine shops, not uncommon to see machinists clean up tools/dies by placing them in a 3-jaw chuck and spinning the tool while applying...
They are all CAMs after 1992. Up until then, WAMs were in place. Except Proofs...they were CAMs. RDV-007 introduced the CAMs in 1993 for...
Like others have said, maybe to hold a spot in a coin album. I did that for a 1914D LWC. Fills a spot and if it wasn't posted for a small sum, I...
Yes...I was wondering what you were looking for input on. RDV and ODV good.
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