Since you identify the small statue of Lincoln sitting in the middle of the Memorial as the "portrait" of your earlier description, it's unlikely...
The term "cud" is often misused. A cud is a die break that involves the rim and at least a little bit of the field. If a die break is simply a...
There is no "portrait" on the reverse. However, if there is a blob of metal extending in from the rim, then there's a strong possibility that you...
I am even more convinced now that the coin was altered. Die convexity is slight in nickels of this period, so there is no obvious cause for a...
A roasted nickel will not have any mint luster. A genuine uncirculated copper wash / sintered plating error will have full luster.
I've seen many altered coins that look like this. Any time you have a perfectly normal rim on one face, and a flat or beveled rim on the opposite...
The coin is worth face value.
Maybe so, but the heat-treated and chemically-treated nickels I've seen do not closely resemble a genuine copper wash / sintered plating error.
The 195- cent was damaged by a coin-wrapping machine. Looks like the date is 1950
It's a die chip. These tend to develop in the curl of 9's and 6's and the top of 5's. They're exceedingly common.
There are a lot of nicknames, but only three "types" of die error that I'm aware of: die polishing, die chips, and die gouges.
It's an example of "sintered plating" or "copper wash". An unintended, thin layer of copper was deposited on the planchet prior to the strike....
A weak strike will not produce this effect. Low relief areas are the last to be affected by a weak strike. The detached leg is apparently due to...
The coins you saw may have been encapsulated by low-budget slabbers. If they used the term "double die", that's a dead giveaway they don't know...
This appears to be machine doubling, a.k.a. "mechanical doubling", "machine damage doubling", "machine doubling damage", "strike doubling",...
It is not possible to securely identify a coin struck on a blank ("Type I planchet") if that coin is struck fully within the collar.
This appears to be die deterioration doubling. The late die state would be consistent with this diagnosis.
I think earlier I mentioned a ballpark figure of $1000. I might hedge at this point and guesstimate somewhere between $700 and $1000.
I'm not a dealer. So any pricing info I provide should be corroborated with a second and third opinion. Your elliptical clip cent is probably...
I'll try to dig one out. In the meantime, weigh your coin. An alteration of this kind often removes enough metal to drop the weight below the...
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