Looks like a little grease or schmutz on the die.
I would think that if it were on dime stock it wouldn't have as much detail as it has.
I like it, but I would not pay over face for it.
Good joke!
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Never heard it before. Amusing and true. Thanks for sharing.
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Very nice binary. You just never know when you are going to pick up a keeper.
Might it also possibly be from being held by the edge in a device while heat was applied to the reverse? Just thinking outside the box since...
As a side collection I collect Coin Club Tokens and Spinner tokens. There is no way someone can collect all of them, so there never will be a set....
If you don't need the most up to date edition you can pick one up on eBay for +/_ $30.
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Thanks for saying "humorous" instead of sarcastic. But it was meant to be sarcastic. Thats just the way I roll.
I have an older silver certificate with a similar type of off center first printing error. The X prefix indicated an experimental run. The XB, YB,...
These uncut sheets of four bills are worth way more than face value. Depending on the year they can fetch from $10 to $75 per sheet. Look on eBay...
Can you make the pictures any smaller? I can almost make out it is a cent.
To me this is a damaged coin since the reverse has obviously been partially plated. Most likely a flash of gold.
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.
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