It's a small date. You can see some plating blisters which indicates it's zinc, not copper. The zinc cents weigh 2.50 gms, so you're within...
@cpm9ball You're right
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Abrasive damage, not an error
With that Auusie/border mix, just send him down to the bank and have him herd all of the errors your way :hilarious:
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FWIW, I agree with @Seattlite86 it looks tooled. Look at it closely under magnification and see if you can determine any letter remnants or...
That's because you look at pics on your phone instead of a monitor ;)
Or possibly a pit from zinc rot
Add another to the "pretty typical" response. When I lived in Boston, the BSN had some really good presentations and there were a lot of very...
It shouldn't break the plastic. If it was poorly sealed or messed with, there's a chance split in half (but not likely).
Looks like the bottom left of the 2 took a hit. I see no evidence of curve of the small date 2, only the straighter lines of the Lg date 2....
Condition is everything on modern star notes. Most need to be CU to have a chance at a premium. Plus, the $20 face value is working against you....
Since there is no evidence of clashing in the fields adjacent to Lincoln’s head, nor is there evidence of die polish indicating it was removed,...
Not taking anything from @YoloBagels he did a great job, but do you see the little H mm at the bottom of the wreath? There are only 9 Victorian...
If there is no evidence of wear, a coin found in circulation would grade MS.
In addition to the other comments, minting coins is a high speed production process. It would be difficult to sneak something into the process,...
Once again, do your homework. Read the section on Worthless doubling on www.doubleddie.com. You need to concentrate on learning how dies are...
Looks like it could be feeder finger damage to the die
It looks like a collar break. See the attached pics from error-ref [IMG] The above images show collar breaks on 1960 D small date Lincoln cents.
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