Howdy budblaster - Welcome to the Forum !! It appears to be an ordinary 1895 cent with the 9 being weakly struck or the result of a partially...
You can't begin to imagine the things I used to do when I was a kid. Gimme a chemistry set and stand back !! We lost most of the top of our house...
Not really - but the undamaged one is quite collectible. Clips are quite popular among many error collectors.
Well there is this guy that used to hang out at the Coin World forum. And he goes around intentionaly counter-marking coins and then turning them...
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No way to know for sure of course, but usually it was intentional.
Howdy dmfloyd - Welcome to the Forum !! Possibly - there are some types of errors where this could happen. Can you post a pic of the coin ?
The top in the pic are damaged coins, the bttom two however appear to be genuine errors - know as clips. The clip occurs when the planchets are...
Definitely damage.
Looks like damage.
Howdy jesse - Welcome to the Forum !! I would be inclined to go along with the idea of the cent being plated as it appears to be the correct...
Howdy onDvine - Welcome to the Forum !! It appears that the coin has been treated with acid which ate away the clad layer.
The US Mint has a long, long history of intentional varieties. Many of them are quite famous and today they are some of the most valuable coins on...
Sometimes the difference is a fine line - other times it is not. Consider for example the St. Gaudens $20 gold - there is the variety with the...
Fraid not pal :(
Here ya go - dime Now to your question - yes it is an error, but a minor one. The coin is struck slightly off center.
If all else fails - scan your pic and leave it alone. Then just email the pic to me and I'll fix ya up ;) gdjmsp@qwest.net
Try cropping the image. You want to take a pic like this - [IMG] And turn it into a pic like this - [IMG]
Use your scanner software to crop the picture and show just the dime - not all the background around it. That will reduce the file size a good...
The difference is because one is a Proof coin and the other is not. Finding high grade examples among Proofs is not difficult. Finding high grade...
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