That's a nice misaligned die. It's rare that they effect the devices like that.
The only thing I see that looks like a D is the mint mark. Where are you seeing this?
This was very common on 1943 cents, and as Blissskr noted, unfortunately your cent has been replated. Uncirculated steel cents do not have a...
Exactly as the others have said. Errors are caused from errors during the minting process. This was simply damage from after it left the mint by a...
No, it's damage. I don't have one because I don't keep them, but I've come across lots of them. This is one of the most frequent questions that...
This is a common occurrence, and it happens when the finger of a rolling machine clips a digit of the date or another device(often the "I" in...
That's a misaligned die. They are only worth saving if the misalignment is so extreme that it cuts into the design elements. Otherwise, they are...
Congrats!
MD.
I agree. The cent had some split plating going on which caused zinc rot. The SBA is MD.
They are definitely rare. Full red GEMs are going to be very pricey compared to other OMMs of the series. You could probably pick up a 63 or 64 RB...
Yep. Die #8. Look at the doubling on the vest, the date, and compare the die flow lines around the date to the photo of the LDS example on...
Much better. All LDS die #8. I can tell from the doubling in the date.
Sure it can. Why wouldn't it?
Did these come out of the same roll?
It's tough. With the glare I just can't get a crisp enough look at the devices to tell if they are 003 or 008. I don't think any are 006, but on...
Now I see! :) I didn't glance at the others; I just thought you had come across a good OBW roll that had yielded several examples of the same die.
With that much glare it's really tough because I can't pick up markers in the fields, but it looks like an LDS version of 008. Some nice finds.
Nice. Did you pick it up in the plastic or did you send it in for grading?
Bonnie, What you are seeing here is die deterioration.
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