Maybe I am seeing this wrong in the photos. Is the area in question on the reverse higher than the rest of the reverse? It looks like the C and...
I think what you have here is a very used reverse die. The repeated pressure of striking the coins has caused the reverse die to erode away...
I look at the error section of ebay regularly, not so much to buy something as for the laughs. At least the price is so high on these that the...
This is die deterioration doubling. Very common on nickels, especially in 1999.
I think you will find the spots are stains, especially since this is a copper plated cent.
Not only is there a nice cud on the obverse but the reverse also has a retained cud at UNITED.
But it is still important to learn the other ways to identify a WAM. Instead of just telling him what it is we should be showing him how to...
As Mike stated, your coin is either plated, discolored from environmental damage or an error from an improperly annealed planchet (which quite...
Did you look at the FG initials yet? If your are still not sure what to look for then post a picture of this area and we can help.
Look at the distance between the initials FG and the lincoln memorial for the confirmation. On the wide AM reverse the initials are closer to the...
The $100 sounds low and is probably for a coin missing the clad layer on one side. But I have my doubts about this coin. Missing both clad layers...
I would toss it. This one is not a very nice example of one with the plating removed. I have a certified unplated cent and one that had the...
Very nice. The key to look for with a cud is the weakness in the strike on the reverse opposite the cud. The metal flowing up creating the cud...
I think these are caused by an over polished die. The FG was polished away. In order to be a no FG there cannot be any of the letters showing....
I heard before that an acidic solution will eat away the copper faster than the cladding leaving the diameter of the copper smaller than the...
Contact the people at rotateddies.com. They can add it to their list and help you with rarity and value.
If the reverse is centered then I would say this is a normally struck coin. The obverse is not uncentered enough to have a premium if it is a...
This really makes me nervious Bill, but I don't agree with you. I don't see how a partial collar would give the reeding on the extruded edge of...
That's what I was referring to above. The details look fuzzy and not crisp. When you say dipped it almost sounds like you are thinking like...
Is it possible to weigh this coin?
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