It would have to be dented after the strike. It's impossible for there to be a full design rim in an area that did not meet the collar.
The pushed in "rim" and the gutter on the edge are clear indicators of post-strike alteration. Even if none of these indicators were present, the...
It's an encased or "lucky token" cent. It formerly resided in a ring that bore an advertising slogan or other message. It's not an error.
I'm not familiar with the proofs you describe, so I cannot make an intelligent comparison. On business strike cents of the zinc era, the...
While subsurface corrosion can produce blisters, they tend to be larger and less broadly distributed than conventional blistered plating....
Among the various errors here, the die gouge is the most significant. It may increase the overall value to perhaps $10.
Seems like there are a lot of different things going on here. The face seems to show "split-line doubling", which occurs when the copper plating...
Yes they are clad. The core is pure copper while the clad layers are composed of an alloy of copper, zinc, manganese, and nickel. The coin...
This blemish is more accurately referred to as a die chip. A cud will carry off the rim, which in this specimen is still intact. Die chips are...
Looks like a lamination error.
It looks like a die chip.
I'm no expert on mintmark variations by any means. At this point I don't know if you're talking about a weak mintmark or a solid mintmark.
The "crack" may be a side effect of finning of the rim. That's caused by excessive striking pressure. Or it could be the result of a very slight...
Severe post-strike damage with subsequent corrosion of the exposed zinc.
It's not a die crack, but I'm not sure what it is. It would require an examination under a microscope.
It's an encased cent (lucky token cent). It's not a mint error.
Most regular coin dealers know little or nothing about errors. They may be honest, but ignorance can be just as harmful. Your coin may be rare,...
The coin is in such terrible shape that the default hypothesis must be that the raised area on the reverse is post-strike damage caused by metal...
The photo is too blurry to be sure what's going on.
The off-center cent is genuine, but heavily damaged from being crushed between several other cents. This could have happened in the mint or...
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