I keep looking and trying to pick one over the other but it is just a toss up. I am afraid you might have trouble recouping what you paid.
A die crack would be raised, that looks more like a scratch on the coin.
I agree, both damaged by heavy cleaning. Get rid of both and get decent one.
Most likely on an underweight planchet, not terribly unusual.
It was the same when my boys were young, they always got freebies. One local show also had a youth auction where kids were given play money and...
That coin is just damaged.
Badly damaged, probably can't even spend that one!
I was beginning to get dizzy. They seem to post back and forth about the same coins.
The nicer ones might be worth a couple cents each.
No, forget it, not worth your time.
Absolutely not, face value and pretty beat up.
It's worth 25 cents and no more, and not in very good condition. You can do much better for a US coin in your collection.
I can see both sides, and both have their appeal. I wanted an example of both a 1793 chain cent and a wreath cent, but can only afford low grade...
I would keep the wheat cent and spend the others.
Agreed, normal.
I am just seeing a well circulated wheat cent. Kentucky's 3 cent value is about right.
Well, it is a Philadelphia minted Buffalo nickel made from 1913 to 1938. The dates tended to wear off, especially on the earlier coins.
That is one badly damaged nickel.
If there is no mint mark then it is from the Philadelphia mint.
A copy steel cent would most likely cost more than a genuine one!
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