It looks like a scratch to me but for the G in GOD to look the way it does then the scratch would have to have been on the planchet.
Something has obviously affected the coins surface. Be it a cleaning, the environment or anything else one can name. It's damaged and how really...
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Ok, those may be die chips but this is also a worn zinc Cent so it could be zinc rot. If they are a chip remember chips are very common and are...
If you mean the line on the reverse by the ON in ONE it could be a die crack. I can't tell from the photo. Too much light in that area and when I...
Nice photos. Looks like something was on the planchet before it was struck.
Welcome to CT. Please post photos so we can see what you are talking about.
Nice thread.
Makes me wonder but I won't say what.
Yes to a worn die. There are lots of coins like that in circulation. Welcome to CT.
A cud must touch the rim. This is a large cud but it shows you what a cud is and looks like. [ATTACH] Not sure what you are talking about on your...
It sounded serious to me. That's all there is to it. Don't write more into it than there is.
PS. Copper is soft and it really doesn't take much of a hit to move it around. It's amazing what can happen on Cents when the copper is moved.
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The Y took a hit and moved it to look like a V so it's actually damaged. That guy is a huckster. If he had it he'd probably pass it off as a Mint...
Now that's damage.
Low mintages are good but how popular is the coin? And there's the answer.
Can't be sure without seeing the entire coins surface but it could be the strangest looking lamination I've ever seen. Can you please post full...
I think the FG was removed after it left the Mint as well.
Sounds about right to me.
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