Here is my 1939 Henning Nickel. Sorry the photos are not very good. I'll have to take better ones. The hole in the vertical leg of R in...
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Plating will usually add very little to the weight. It sounds like this is what you have.
Plated coins have bright surfaces. That's my guess. I see this more with cents but maybe because it is more obvious on cents.
This is how a zinc cent corrodes. When there is a scratch or gouge in the copper coating then the zinc quickly corrodes away. This is just a...
Kurt, I like your partial plated cent better than my unplated one. Very nice!
As light as this is, I doubt it was done intentionally.
Intreresting looking coin but I think it was caused from being pressed against another cent where the 2 coins were back to back. That's the only...
This is just a guess without seeing the coin but the raised letters might just be damage from hitting another coin. The recessed letter on the...
Hi Kenny. I think I understand now. The edge of a coin is the outside edge where the reeding is. I think you are talking about the obverse...
Hi Mister Martin. Welcome to the forum. I think what you are referring to is a doubled die and not a doubled strike. They are two different...
I don't think it is a die gouge. A die is the reverse image of a coin. The numbers and letters are recessed into the die and the field around...
I can't tell anything from your avitar photo. Could you post a several photos of the coin with a shot of the edge where it is thicker?
In my oppinion this is a 1970 that has old damage to the date. The zero was almost scraped off and there was also a mark put on the 9. The...
Thanks for the clip. I haven't seen that one before. Now I understand what you are saying. The one thing I still don't understand is he says...
Jim, I think both the authentic unplated and the treated should weigh the same. When a plated cent is treated they put it in something like an...
I agree. The front is stained from something.
I have a certified unplated cent and an unplated cent that was placed in acid to remove the copper plating. Typically, the uplated coins found in...
Nice find!
All of us have asked questions like this in the past. There are no stupid questions. Keep them coming.
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