Altered outside the mint. A spoon job or a coin that was rolled and squeezed.
Cents are not clad. Perhaps you are referring to the zinc core peeking through the copper plating. This can be caused by heavy wear, abrasion,...
Probably damage, judging from your description.
A serious case of vandalism. Not an error.
Post-strike damage/alteration. Not an error.
Stained and corroded. Not an error.
Looks like a "glue job". Glue was applied to each face, allowed to grow tacky, and another cent was pressed into it. That left an incuse...
Maybe $200.
A large flake peels off the surface of a coin. It's caused by impurities in the alloy or a poorly mixed alloy. A piece this large might be...
It IS a huge lamination peel. Too bad you don't have the rest of the coin.
As is often the case with grading services, the description is partly wrong. The coin has no "indent". It created an "indent" in the half dollar...
Some kind of fake die was used.
<<I am inclined to agree with you that it is not genuine, but could you explain a bit on the points you mention? "Finning" and "undulating...
I agree with Conder101. An encased or "lucky token" cent. These are very common in the late 1950's.
It does not look like a genuine error. It appears the reverse face was ground off. If this was a uniface strike you'd see finning of the obverse...
The companion coin was a half dollar with a circular depression in the reverse face. Whether this half dollar escaped from the mint is anyone's...
Dime planchets are sometimes left behind in hoppers or tote bins and then subsequently buried under a later load of half dollar planchets. I have...
You got it. The dime planchet was fed in beneath a half dollar planchet and the two planchets were struck simultaneously.
It is indeed a uniface strike on a clad dime planchet. One recently sold on eBay for about $3000.
Chemical attack -- acid or some other corrosive liquid. The uniformly fuzzy design is a dead giveaway. The reeding will appear scalloped. The...
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