It looks like a lamination error. Nice find
I agree with Chris. It appears to be a stain
You're confusing too many things, and in turn, potentially confusing a collector who is trying to learn. Go to error-ref and look up ridge ring...
Could this be due to planchets sticking together during the plating process? Just a speculative guess because I don't know the details of the...
@FoundinTN My guess is you may already know this, but it may help others. When you think you found a Doubled Die 1. Confirm to the best of your...
maybe you can get an outbuilding like this [ATTACH]
From your original post: This is not for those who refuse to question. It's not for those who dont look deeper into meaning. It's not for those...
Please answer one simple question. In the 1850s, How did the mint get a copper plated zinc planchet to strike the flying eagle undertype? Once...
Another option is to search MA shops. I've used the site to help confirm IDs of early European coins, plus you'll get a dealers selling price.
I know you explained why you want to use your original user name, but isn't it time to get another account for buying? It would save a lot of...
See all the marks and nicks on the surface. That's telling you the coin received a lot of damage while in circulation. Whatever you're seeing on...
[ATTACH] Gotta love it. This is like getting an MIT or Cal Tech mathematics professor to help your with you algebra homework and then telling him...
You said the backwards letters don't match up. This is exactly what would happen if you sandwich a couple coins and put them in a vise (see, I...
Thanks @Stevearino I would love to blame my misspelling on autocorrect, but it was my mistake. :eggface: Although I will blame it on PBC (...
You're focusing on the wrong question. Never think a coin is an error because you can't explain how it was damaged. The minting process is well...
...and the reverse rim and edge in pictured in post #20 make me skeptical as well. Remember, you have a coin that has been extensively faked...
Sorry, but it's flat and shelf-like. [ATTACH]
The type of damage on your 1919 cent is called a Vice-Job. Squeeze some coins in a vice or stack or apply some other force and you'll get the...
They are "dryer coins". Maybe not in the exact sense that they tumbled between the drum and shell of an industrial dryer, but they either tumbled...
They are dryer coins. The error-ref site has a section giving an explanation
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