A die gouge often only affects the field. The letters are recessed in the die face and are thus relatively protected from damage. It has all the...
Is this a "reprocessed" (re-plated) cent? If so, this might represent a plating defect. Otherwise, it appears to be a long die gouge. Possible...
I'd be happy to evaluate it for you. You need only include return postage/insurance. I am the President of CONECA, the national organization of...
It's die deterioration doubling. The orange peel texture is also consistent with this interpretation.
While it may be a glue job, there are some indications that it is a genuine brockage. The weight of the coin is normal. Glue would add some...
My verdict is machine doubling. The marginal shelving is characteristic.
The design rim is extremely narrow in 1982 quarters. Even a very slight misalignment will put the date right at the edge of the coin. This...
The reverse face was removed by a lathe or milling machine.
Both defects are the result of post-strike damage/alteration. The upper one appears to be solder, while the lower one may be metal that was...
It's in such bad shape that there's no way to tell whether it started out as an authentic error or as a coin that was trimmed outside the mint.
It looks like a planchet flaw, possibly pre-strike damage that wasn't erased by the strike. The fact that the crease passes beneath the R of...
Post-strike chemical damage.
That's not an overdate. That's a Class III doubled die. Two different hubs carrying two different dates were pressed into the same working die....
There's no such variety. Nor can there be, since hand-punching of dates into working dies ended in 1908.
Each was struck by a slightly misaligned obverse die. Such errors are very common and carry no extra value.
If it is nickel-plated, then it will show weak attraction to a magnet.
They are unlike any other defect I've come across. They may or may not be examples of post-strike damage.
There appears to be a Blakesley effect opposite the clip, which would indicate authenticity.
Very well, then. It may be just as you say, i.e., a lamination error.
This is not an error at all. It is a "lucky token" cent (encased cent). It used to reside within a ring of metal (often aluminum) with an...
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