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You can certainly get a "15 cent piece", should a struck dime get struck by nickel dies. However, "deepcolor123" appears to be describing an...
Again, it's undoubtedly a simulacrum. Your coin features heavy radial flow lines, a sign of advanced die wear (die fatigue, die deterioration)....
Sounds like another "vise job". I assume the dime details are incuse and mirror image. If so, then a dime was hammered or squeezed into the...
The skeptics are all correct. This coin was vandalized outside the mint. These are often called "vise jobs" or "sandwich jobs". Two struck...
I believe the number 3 you outlined is simply a simulacrum -- a chance resemblance to a digit by an otherwise random imperfection. Humans are...
Beat up.
It appears to be die deterioration doubling.
I'm not aware of any Class III doubled dies for 1944 cents (true overdates ended in 1901 for U.S. coins). The coin is certainly broadstruck, but...
Rotated die errors are by no means unknown among post-1990 coins. Several have been reported among 1994 cents. I've seen dimes and nickels of...
I'm not sure what it is, but there is no such thing as a "die cud". A "cud" is a die break that involves the rim and at least a little bit of...
Since there are several hundred basic error types, numerous subtypes, and an infinite number of combinations and permutations, unique errors are...
It's not an error. Just a severely damaged quarter. Some solder may have been dripped on it and pushed around, hence the bumps and bulges.
It's either strike doubling or die deterioration doubling (or a combination of both). In either case, it's worthless.
Maybe $25. Much larger off-center strikes bring only about $50 on eBay. There are a LOT of off-center VA quarters.
This coin is so badly battered that, if there was an authentic error present, you can no longer tell. There's a chance it could have started out...
I'd say about $5 each in BU condition. Somewhat more for the double-strike. By the way, there is no term "offstruck" or "off struck". The...
I agree. It looks altered. Too bad. There are some genuine dime-sized cents from this year struck on Netherlands Antilles 1/2 centstukken...
The dime is covered with glue. Someone pressed a cent into the glue when it was still tacky and the glue was then allowed to harden. These "glue...
In this case, the coin was probably electroplated. A layer of metal -- presumably silver -- was deposited on the surface of a normal cent. We...
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