Thanks for the reply. I'm asking because evidently some YouTube guys are making a big deal out of the no FG like they are worth money. I guess...
Welcome to CT Dustin. You will find out quite quickly that photos of your coins are pretty much mandatory here. If you need help on how to best...
...in the hair, the lower-most star, and particularly in the missing letters BER and partially T. You would think for a proof pattern that the...
Feast or famine; with ancient countermarks, I find that either there is no information on them whatsoever, or a feast, with an abundance of...
You may be seeing burnished material from the tops of the damaged devices. That could explain the zinc we are seeing.
Going back to similar images posted no metal is missing from the physical devices of the letters. Split plate doubling is from the strike when...
That’s what I wanna figure out where it’s happens During the process. striking and ejection? Was my first thought. Getting knicked the metal but...
Okay. Let's wait for more people to chime in shall we? :bookworm::brb:
I know its not split Unfortunately mine isn’t split plate doubling characteristics don’t add up to that at all. These are raised areas far away...
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I know what split plate doubling looks like this is not it 100% The zinc “showing thru” is raised here and the tops of the letters the metal of...
No not plating blisters 100% characteristics are not there for them. The parts above the GOD and E you can tell that they came from if you were to...
Curious to other theories. 1996 penny with the The metal above the letters is the metal from the said letters. Curious what’s going on? Maybe...
I have always casually collected coins but have gotten really deep into the hobby as of late. (In the last year and a half or so...) About a year...
I think it's a fake because: - It doesn't look right, and; - The slab is missing the molded-in PCGS letters at the lower right obverse. As to...
Here are two more 1987 Lincoln cents. The coin on the left, obverse, the word Liberty looks like it has extra thickness. Look at the bottom of his...
I guess I didn't understand how much the term "error" is tied up with the concept of added value, makes sense tho. I think it's cool and unique on...
...worth less than fully struck coins." ( Have A Coin With Missing Letters Or No Mintmark? See If It's A Valuable Error Coin... And How Much...
Those missing horizontal components on letters are a classic tell for low-end fakes.
Found this going through some pennys . The date and liberty has missing numbers and letters . l[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Jeff Hall
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