Die Deterioration Doubling. Just a worn die.
I love the comments. Pam, if you and a few others ever stopped I’d be lost. Lol
What a great find, the same obverse and reverse dies cracks and one was on the floor. Congratulations!
Definitely damaged girl
Along the neck could be MD that cracked. Just guessing as it’s not raised. The raised mark on his check is probably a crack. It’s fairly straight...
I can’t tell on the chin but it looks like the one on the cheek is raised.
This thread is 5 years old. Best to start a new thread and post full sized photos of both sides of the coin. Welcome to CT.
Looks like a cold sore. Lol
It’s from a worn die and the die also had some grease on it as Paddy said.
Is that raised under his chin? Also, from the left side of what your calling a crack I can see a slight line that goes up to his cheek. Is that...
It’s a shame that a coin that old looks that bad. Definitely all damaged.
Dropping a coin on its edge can cause damage, especially on a soft metal coin, like copper or zinc.
Not in my area. But I want to add, sometimes fingernail polish was used.
A 1983 cent is made of copper coated zinc and should weight about that figure. Beautiful color from toning. The drop test doesn’t work and if it...
Looks like the edge of a bank tellers stamp. It would be considered damaged.
It’s a 1974 and some people get confused easily. Lol
Looks like it was painted and it’s wearing off. A lot of quarters from 1964 were painted red to note them as silver coins because in 1965 they...
Go ahead Pam. It will be a good learning experience for you.
It can but mint red will only show on a copper coin.
You can’t complain about that. They’re never in my LCS’s junk box.
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