Every example of a "coreless" state quarter that I've been able to examine proved to be plated. I just sent one back to a disappointed collector...
If the wall and floor of the reverse face are featureless, then you're dealing with a uniface die cap. With respect to the slabbed Lincoln cent,...
If the slabbed coin has a clear brockage of the obverse design on the reverse face, then it's the product of a single strike. Although these are...
This is a "Texas cent". It's been enlarged, possibly by pounding a cent between two pieces of hard leather. For some reason, Texas cents seem to...
Machine doubling can afflict incuse design elements.
Your description and photos (poor as they are) present an appearance that is not consistent with any sort of mint error or die variety.
As others have remarked, it was struck with a pair of fake dies fabricated from a relatively soft metal.
"Die fatigue", "die wear", "die deterioration", and "late-die state" all refer to the same thing -- a die that's approaching the end of its useful...
The coin appears to have been struck fully within the collar. What you've got is a minor misaligned die. So minor that it falls within...
Awesome, indeed. It may be that you have a massive dropped filling. In fact, it's more than likely seeing as the obverse was struck through a...
Hello. I was trying to do some inventory of my Father's collection (it is pretty much futile) and I came across a few cents that were in...
I really don't understand your scenario. I don't know what "kicking out" means. You guys have fun with it. I'm done.
As I mentioned earlier, not all "experts" regard machine doubling as "damage" or as worthless. Count me as a dissenter. Severe cases of machine...
Herbert's right on most things. It's just here and there he provides inaccurate information or unsupported speculation. For example, the whole...
What I can tell you is that the incuse doubling generally occurs (and is most evident) where the normal raised design intersects a swollen area on...
Herbert is indeed wrong on this, as he is on a number of other issues (e.g., "jam strikes"). All of the examples he has floated as examples of...
Since zinc is a soft metal, you wouldn't expect to affect the dies so seriously. My suspicion is that zinc displays variable visco-elastic...
Quite different, although they're both related to die fatigue. The "poorman's double die" is raised while the doubling on this zinc cent is...
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