You said you read Wexler's Doubled Die site. Go back and reread the section on mechanical doubling that's listed in the Worthless Doubling tab....
See how thin the tops of the letters are on your coin? Compare that to the doubled dies on Variety Vista and Wexler's Doubled Die sites. I would...
Notice all of the dings/gouges/marks in the fields and on Lincoln's face and shoulder? You're just seeing another mark that happens to be on the eye
It looks like was plated after it left the mint
The mint made 7 business strikes by the billions 1982 Copper LD 1982 Copper SD 1982-D Copper LD 1982 Zinc LD 1982 Zinc SD 1982-D Zinc LD 1982-D...
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Look at the post from @rickmp above. Does the 2 look like the large date or small date. It's pretty straight forward.
Don't bother to weigh it unless it has a D mintmark and the 2 looks exactly like the small date @rickmp posted above. BTW: Denver minted over 6...
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No. Just a nice looking business strike
This German Notgeld from Menden would be a good one as well. Plus you can find bargain examples for a few bucks (it's a skeleton of a cave bear...
To add to @Conder101 's post. There is a tab at the bottom of the attached link that has an extensive table of foreign coins struck by the US...
There have already been a couple posts today showing machine doubling. This is very common. For a good explanation, please look at Wexler's site...
Zinc Rot. This coin has a lot of corrosion indicating it's been exposed to something nasty. It doesn't take much to break through a plating...
Could be a strike through or Damage. Can't tell from your reverse pic, but check to see if there is damage or a flattened look immediately...
Sorry, but it's die deterioration doubling (DDD). It has no additional value. Wexler's site is very useful for confirming Doubled Dies. I would...
I could have very easily written your post (but without all the .......;)). Hard to get rid of old friends even knowing that you'll have a better...
I completely agree with you about circulated coins. For a novice, it's Certainly better than leaving them in the PVC flips and tossing them in a...
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Let's say you actually looked at "thousands" of 1990 cents. There were 6.8 Billion (with a B) 1990 cents minted in Philadelphia. If you looked...
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