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Absolutely die deterioration.
Send that baby to PCGS and get back to us.
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Greaser.
@Kurisu Some machine doubling at the chin and neck? Might be lighting also.
I knew about the "W" mintages but just never heard anything about the WW2 Privy mark being added.
Nice find but I missed something. When did the Mint start to put Victory privies on "W" buisness strike quarters? Are there now two varieties of...
Actually an IDB-Interior Die Break and a nice one. I rarely see them extend below the bottom of the torch like this one does with a bulge. That...
Seeing as we are all guessing, I'll guess a hand hammered piece. Yellow color, possibly gold. Maybe cast off brass piece. It's a toughie.
This is how the Krause guides come in handy like I was posting to on your other query. They state the silver content in silver based coins and...
The lower case "y" stands for "Yeoman", the publisher of a guide book of world coins. The # after the "y" is the catalog number assigned to that...
You are correct but they did include several, maybe 4 grades in their references along with values. But not to be confused with something like a...
I'm not really sure what happened to R.S. Yeoman's catalogs. It's possible they did not keep up with the times and plethora of coins being issued....
Can't say for sure but die cracks tend to wander more than draw a straight line.
Yeoman numbers? Not a grading system though.
A couple of good sites that cover a lot and not just what their names imply www.doubleddie.com & www.maddieclashes.com. These are run by John...
Sorry to be so short Kelly. I should have said it did not happen at the Mint so basically you have a damaged cent.
Some kind of acidic environment. Must be recent as the zinc is not yet bleeding out.
Anything of interest really. Found plenty of die clashes also. Several different doubled dies, two of which John Wexler attributed recently and...
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