This is definitely a rim cud, and an unusually long one.
I don't think the VA 25c is an elliptical strike clip. It lacks the necessary diagnostics (e.g., rounded shoulder on one face, thick vertical...
The prospect of the crescent not covered by the brockage-maker being die-struck on both faces depends on the vagaries of striking pressure....
The 1966 half dollar does appear to show a rolling indentation.
As the error-ref entry indicates, there are three possible causes for aligned partial brockages such as this. I suspect that it's a brockage from...
No. 47 does appear to be a centered triple strike. The first strike in-collar, the second a partial collar, and the third out-of-collar. The...
The lead-off coin is an "aligned partial brockage". There are three known causes for such errors. The most common cause, and the cause in this...
They are quite rare and I would estimate its value in the $400 - $500 range. Of course, with the economy in collapse and disposable income...
The answer to both of your questions is "yes".
"Rascal" asked me to weigh in. As everybody else but Rascal has concluded, this coin was vandalized outside the Mint.
The nickel is lovely. It's an off-center strike from an obverse (hammer) die with a 50% cud.
The name is Mike Diamond and I'm doing fine. ICG is wrong in this case. It's a grossly obvious vise job.
As others have said, this is simply a damaged cent.
I see no indication this coin was struck through cloth. The fine parallel lines are simply the original streaky surface of the planchet preserved...
Magic shops sell coins that have been altered so that they stick to a magnet. You can buy them online. Some have had a steel pellet or a magnet...
The obverse was struck though a very late-stage die cap. The cap may have gotten torn at 1:00 or a piece of debris may have been struck in at...
There is only one known rotating collar break (collar chip) among modern issues, and it occurs on a half dollar. This is simply a collar chip.
As others have indicated, this is a die gouge or linear die dent. A nice find, although its value is modest.
This dime was neither damaged in a dryer or spooned. It was rolled and squeezed in the horizontal plane while trapped or placed in a mechanical...
If the two faint ridges line up with each other, then it would have to be a case of complementary die dents produced when a foreign object was...
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