Wow, there was sure a lot of grease/gunk on that die!
I agree with @SensibleSal66. Lamination and gunk. You can see the striations from the bad metal mix in the first reverse picture.
In your opening paragraph you said "I bet you won't believe" you win!
I don't believe this story!
I hope you give CTers first shot at them!
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I find that there is no gamble if you collect what you like to look at and have no intentions of ever selling it. My heirs can get what they can...
Definitely PMD.
Looks like a little grease/debris struck-through on the reverse, and a lot of split plate doubling (where the thin coating of copper is moved...
I do not believe that is reeding around the edge. It is the design denticles that have been distorted by the "damage" to the coin.
Did someone start to make a finger ring with this?
Scratches are on the plastic case. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm in for that Peruvian coin. Here is a hard luck life nickel. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sounds perfectly logical. Had not seen one before. Thanks for posting.
Thanks.
It kinda looks like a lamination, based on the fuzzy area on the bottom half. But the curved line looks too sharp for that. A late stage off...
OK, I'll show my ignorance.... What does IBTL stand for?
A slightly off center second printing, with proper cutting, can also seem like improper cutting. It shows up more on the face of the bill because...
Boosters don't protect you from getting Covid, just with luck, from dying from it.
Looks like a clash mark by his pony tail.
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