Read this, it'll tell you all you need to know http://www.lincolncentresource.com/wideams.html
It might be a die scratch. can't tell without better pictures
I want a new coin One that won't make me sick One that won't make me crash my car Or make me feel three feet thick
My verson of Krause shows Y54 which has a hole, and below it lists Y57 with no picture which doesn't have a hole and uses BE in the date, which...
Here is a cool page that will help people understand different errors. It's the Coneca Glossary of Error-Variety Terms....
Umm, that is the Lincoln Memorial, not the White House.
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I just remember 2493 = 1950 lol
this might help [IMG]
I wonder how many people raising a stink about it would have actually noticed it without the news article.
Looks like Longacre Doubling To start with: who was James B. Longacre? Christian Gobrecht, designer of the famous (and valuable) Gobrecht...
Looks like machine doubling to me, step-like appearance and no split serifs.
http://news.yahoo.com/rare-1792-penny-sells-1-15-million-142742231.html it's a Silver Center Cent in PCGS MS61BN
It's damage, something took a slice off of it.
My Krause doesn't list a mintage, but does say that the side with the date is the obverse
The usual image of BIE cracks are after the whole piece of metal between the B and E breaks off. From those pics you posted yours may be an...
The British royal coat of arms, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom is a lion and a unicorn. The Australian...
Looks like it may be the start of a BIE error. Here is the description from Coneca at http://conecaonline.org/content/glossary.html
You'll see alot of those in the mid 80s. It's a zinc one I bet. My uess is they were fine tuning the presses to strike the new composition.
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