Now it is a 10 centavo but Denver still had not minted coins for Ecuador since 1944. Tell you what, send this coin off to PCGS. If it comes back...
Let me get this straight, it was a normal cent, then overstruck as a coin that doesn't exist, in a mint that didn't mint them, it is invisible in...
I'm going detecting too! Looks like the frost may be out in the sunny areas.
Welcome to the forum. It always helps to point out what you are seeing, kind of helps us along. I think I see what you are getting at, but looks...
What do you see that you feel may be an error?
I don't know who the dealers were, but that explanation just doesn't hold water. Any chip or break in the die would leave a raised area where the...
Sounds like a normal copper coated zinc cent, just face value.
I sure can't see anything wrong with the legend.
I'm interested in seeing the pictures.
THIS!!! You can never expect to identify what is or isn't an error without a good knowledge of how coins are made. Then and only then will you...
He was not lying, just mistaken. A dime can't be struck on a cent planchet because it is too big to fit the dime coining chamber. If you feel...
Yes, very common. No mint mark simply means they are from the Philadelphia mint. Most years more common than the mint marked coins.
Looks to be a normal Canadian cent with no real numismatic value.
Wow, what happened to that? Looks like it was scrubbed with sandpaper!
Canada most certainly did NOT mint cents for the US in 1936.
Yep, normal circulation marks.
You can post pictures to be sure but it sounds like zinc corrosion. If it is there is no getting rid of it, it only gets worse.
What kind of coin is it? Can you post a picture?
No it is just damaged. the zinc coated cents can be enlarged by putting between two pieces of wood or leather and pounding with a hammer.
Sorry I missed it before, but welcome to the forum. Normal modern coins usually don't have much value unless very high grade, but post some...
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