The color is fantastic! But I'm afraid that coin was soaked in urine. Those colors are the defining tell.
It's a lamination error. That did not take place in the minting process. It was already on the blank planchet. Yes, a lamination error can occur...
Please do not take offense to this but to me, most of them are damaged. They are all put together and designed by a very smart person for the sole...
Some people collect them and others don't. Some people like them and others don't. It's all a matter of preference.
Mostly from a tired, worn out, over used Die. Very common.
While counterstamped coins are damage to a coin, there is also a market for collectors of these items. I have a number of them with my collection.
Lol but remember it's better to be ripped a new one and get the truth than lied to. It's a hard lesson but one can learn from those lessons. :)
Buy the best coin you can at the lowest price you can.
I'd give them to my son to add to his collection but not to give to his friends. I would be more likely to mark them reprocessed and add them to...
That's normal
Looks like the edge of a Reeded coin hit that coin hard.
Extremely nice! I'm at a 35.
That is a new one.
A LCS about an hour away sells steel Cents for 6 for $1.00. That's $.17 each. Yours have been replated. The correct term is reprocessed. I have...
It has definitely been folded or creased many times. Still, it's nice and they don't make them like that any longer. It's a keeper.
That's a very nice find! Something that is an actual error and out of the usual.
It is nice looking but new photos would help. Do your best please. It does not look cleaned but I do believe it has been dipped but all that is...
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Congrats, they are very nice looking coins.
It's zinc so who knows what you'll see!
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