On these Kennedy half dollar proof coins it appears that more of them have this tiny doubling than the ones that don't. I found a good looking...
The folks on here that said fire damage got it right in my opinion. We have a place where we burn our paper trash and I have picked many quarters...
some folks calls these spooned coins and others calls them dryer coins. when a person has a lot of idle time on their hands like say a prisoner...
BadThad there may be more to this 1992D cent than we think. I think this one needs more study because there are so many of them showing up that...
Or a hammer job. These altered coins sell on auction about every day. This is a horrible job and probably some kid did it with a hammer. These are...
Can't see much in the pics but it is probably the common copper plating problem. It is highly common for the copper plating to seperate away from...
Condor101 in my opinion you got it right. It is really easy to see that this coin has been in a fire from it's black color. when a nickel clad...
This coin has what is called roller damage. This occurs when the machine is closing the end of the paper coin rolls, The coins on the end of the...
I have seen quite a few old wheat back cents with the rims ground off them. Some folks say that back in the good ole days that the cent coins were...
I agree with KoinJester , this looks quite similar to a cent coin I had on this forum a while back that caused so much confusion. Like KoinJester...
Now why bring this back up ? If you meant it as a insult to me it didn't work. I still own that coin and I still think it is a real mint error and...
I know you meant this as a joke but actually Ebay is loaded with things just waiting for some new error collector to find it and get their butts...
I agree with hobo ... This does look like some type of goop dried up on the coin. I have found them with all kinds of junk dried up on them and...
If you are going to try to collect error coins the first thing to do is to learn how to identify a damaged coin from a real mint error coin , this...
Hobo told you the truth . coins are made out of really soft metal and something pushed the 9 on your coin to the left taking the top part of the 9...
Hi coinswithsmiles and have a great evening. good luck with your coin collecting.
This is just a worn out cent coin from many years of use . This thing looks about as bad and worn out as I do after many years of wear and tear....
It looks like this has been done intentionally by someone . maybe they were trying to make a Hobo nickel. It sure has a evil look .
Condor 101 is probably right. Something definately put a gouge or scratch in the die that struck this coin. I collect this type coins and have a...
What you have here is not a doubled die and I'm not sure what caused it to be this way. I find these all the time when looking thru cent coins for...
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