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There is absolutely no way to tell how it was caused, but it's been damaged after leaving the mint.
This:
Beer is what keeps me sane. I don't drink enough, though.
Yeah, copper value, too, but the OP said he has two coins.
Actually, two cents. :D
Now I can see a very light clash. It takes a real hard look to see it. Around his face? Zinc rot. The rim damage? The reverse was on something...
I can't see the clash, but the rim issue is a press job. Another coin or some kind of compression type of tool was used to make those impressions.
If the mint freely and openly admits that they didn't make it, how can they claim ownership?
I can't find a link, but I read about it recently in either Coin World or Numismatic News.
I don't know about a book listing quarter errors, but a new Cherry Pickers Guide is in the works right now. It may list some of them.
I posted an opinion on one particular coin with one particular label and the mistake made by PCGS, not an opinion on TPGs and labels in general....
Please go back and read post #4. In case you missed it, I'll say it again. I know some of you put no stock in the value of a label and I'm not...
I'm thinking that it will destroy all trust in the PCGS ANA Show label, making it worthless. I know some of you put no stock in the value of a...
I just received my issue of Coin World. They have a cover story about graded ANA Gold Kennedy Half Dollars. The number reported by the mint does...
Did Mary Todd Lincoln just walk by?
Clearly.
As of 8/10, the mint reported Gold Kennedy sales of 62,341. As of 8/17, the mint reported Gold Kennedy sales of 63,521. As of 8/24, the mint...
It's damage. It's been spooned.
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