"It's a beaut, Clark!" Looks like it's very lustrous and has pretty strong strike. To your point about the surfaces, I can't quite make out from...
What it looks like is a bit of a greaser. The filled letters result in weak or missing devices. This is pretty common. Both the obverse and...
I have a 1954 S wheat penny that is missing 3 letters on the back. The M,E and the S. Can you shed some light,? Is it worth anything?
Just got another batch in from Dirty Old Coins this time, excited to see what awaits beneath the crust of these Roman coins. I got three from the...
...to retain all this information :rolleyes: I'm liking the missing letters more than the missing leaf... arrow where the 4th leaf should be. [ATTACH]
You must be having a ball.
...must have been some serious grease in the die because it’s missing letters galore! Would love to hear the thoughts of those more familiar with...
This was also in a mixed lot and came without an attribution. So far I think it is from Selge and on the reverse there is perhaps anunusual...
Kansas Quarter Struck Through Grease or Strike Through Error. Many of the letters are missing. Some appear almost absent.
Thanks for the reply. I'm asking because evidently some YouTube guys are making a big deal out of the no FG like they are worth money. I guess...
Welcome to CT Dustin. You will find out quite quickly that photos of your coins are pretty much mandatory here. If you need help on how to best...
...in the hair, the lower-most star, and particularly in the missing letters BER and partially T. You would think for a proof pattern that the...
Feast or famine; with ancient countermarks, I find that either there is no information on them whatsoever, or a feast, with an abundance of...
You may be seeing burnished material from the tops of the damaged devices. That could explain the zinc we are seeing.
Going back to similar images posted no metal is missing from the physical devices of the letters. Split plate doubling is from the strike when...
That’s what I wanna figure out where it’s happens During the process. striking and ejection? Was my first thought. Getting knicked the metal but...
Okay. Let's wait for more people to chime in shall we? :bookworm::brb:
I know its not split Unfortunately mine isn’t split plate doubling characteristics don’t add up to that at all. These are raised areas far away...
Boy, just can't please everyone. [ATTACH]
I know what split plate doubling looks like this is not it 100% The zinc “showing thru” is raised here and the tops of the letters the metal of...
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