His is doing the "ring" test.
That pic is a little tricky.
It is a die crack. Nice find.
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Another fool with tools.
@Wendifur What happened to ya? Still need that photo.
Machine doubling across E Pluribus.
Another nice find and it does appear to be a die chip.
Possibly a grease filled error where the strike could not be completed. Almost looks like there might be a 1 there, just barely.
I did omit something that just came to mind. In 1980 when the Hunt Brothers tried to corner the silver market, the Wed. before the crash, my...
It's the difference between flat and shelf like (DDD), die deterioration doubling or ( MD ), machine doubling, and true hub doubling. Wexler...
I did not mean there is no good advice in the literal sense but said that because it is different for different people. Collecting Nut has some...
There really is no good advice for this question. You should be keeping strict records of all your purchases and only then will you know when is...
The Oak was a very intricate design and you will find a lot of these with machine doubling of the branches. At least I have.
I actually live 6 miles from the antiques capitol of the Berkshires in Ma. Early on when I was interested in antiques, I frequented many of these...
@Jack D. Young Now I remember...
We have an EAC specialist here but I can't remember his screen name. Anyone else remember it?
It could be toning or plated but you will have to add a close up photo, not blurred, to get a better answer. Welcome to Coin Talk.
Are you absolutely positive that the date is not a damaged 1968? Looks like it from here. Looks like the 8 took a bad hit making it look more like...
I can't tell you anything on your coin as the pics are at to far a distance. Ct. does have one doubled die for the reverse in the branches....
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