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Fair enough, but I'll repeat my question - have you seen pictures of the edge die ?
Congrats Bone :high5:
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The commonality of errors is about the same for any mint - things happen. It looks like a strike through to me.
Originally yes, but they changed their minds.
The boxes are not coming from the Fed - they are coming from the banks. People cannot order coins from the Fed, only banks can. And before the...
That was my point, it has already occurred.
Have you seen pictures of the edge die ? It is a large block with an arced slot cut into it that is the same thickness as the coins. It is open on...
All hubs are made by machine - but all of the designs that the machine copies are made by hand.
It would go down just fine, except the pic you provided has the color of a copper plated cent - not a zinc planchet. Or - if you were to tell us...
All cent planchets are made outside the mint, that includes the copper plating, and are delivered to the mint ready to be struck. With other...
It's post mint damage, possibly solder.
There are none. It's probably a plated cent or a coin with the copper plating removed. Slim chance it is a struck unplated planchet.
I agree Becky - I love it !!
A simple test on a balance (popsicle stick across a pencil with a cent on each end) would probably answer the question.
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