It does look good at a glance, with those pictures. But would you not think if it was legit, it would be quite a find. So would it take this long...
Well, you know. Cats are special. And they can grow on you.
Meow would consider it a major die variety. But no one has done serious research in the flaming Chicken phenomena. It could from just the one die,...
Meow holds a coin like that in one paw right up to the microscope camera, and with the other paw holds a LED light to shine at it from different...
So Meow thinks it need a high resolution close up picture, with light sources from multiple angles.
Oh, and Meow would bet its a P mint. The Denver mint does not give us such goodies often.
It is the Flaming Chicken, or Hellion as Meow calls it. @alurid found one just like it, and showing it to us. Just think, Electric Eye, in the...
Meow thinks he fights with them, so not so good on that front.
Is there a known variety of D over S in a 1955 dated cent?
At a glance it looks like a D over S. But the closeup shots are too blurry to confirm that. The coin is also pretty beat up. So its more likely...
Even in Antarctica?
How kind of you to say. Thank you, purrrrrrrr.
Well Ok, but a better pic would make it undeniable, either way.
Look at roll of pennies. Almost any date has weakness in the end of States, and E pluribus.
Meow has a bit of advice. Before you get excited about something, find another penny of the same date and mintmark. And if the look very similar,...
So the official term is now NVD!
You sure about that? The pic is a bit too blurry to say for sure. Meow thinks there might be a die chip, as a lot of material is in the wrong...
Meow thinks the date has PMD. The reverse has die deterioration, or a worn die. Pennies on the reverse are VERY common to has weakness in the...
Meow thinks that over the years they change the design to make them easier to produce. Less pressure or a less stressful design to the dies would...
Looks like MD.
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