I think my post might have been a little unclear. the photos i posted are of the 1982 small date zinc ddr-001 that is also featured as my avatar....
Welcome VFR. That is caused by a die clash. the obverse and reverse dies came together without a planchet in between. this damaged the dies...
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spent some time in an acid bath
My question is, is there actually a raised wire? the photo to me looks like a deep cut that pushed the metal up towards the top with more being...
dryer coin it is
when you look at the word "UNITED" you will notice that the doubling makes the top image of the letter look thinner than normal. this wouldn't...
Sorry guys but none of the above photos match the big one. here are the hi res photos of my discovery coin. The first coin definitely shows...
quadritto?
Bing has a donkey of above average intelligence?
when i read the thread title i thought this was a coin version of "where's Waldo?"
In the photos that i can see doubling I can also see that where doubling is visible the letters get thinner. this is a sign that the doubling is...
Here are some more coins from those I bought at the NH Coin and Currency Expo [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Been on the dark side for quite a few years, just haven't had many newps recently
thank you all for your kind words
oops! here is the proper envelope for #4
Hey gang, I meant to post these after the expo but life kind of went sideways for a bit. When i got home from the expo i found out that my...
The bottom of the ON in one is virtually non existent because of it. With these lower profile coins there often isn't quite as much missing on...
what conder said. this is a legit mint error
For some reason the 4 was a very common place for grease to build up on this coin. I have several and have seen quite a few others
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