@Mountain Man She is correct. Her note isn't a regular star note. It's one of the notes where the BEP screwed up and used the same Series and...
Did you try to look it up on the websites members have linked to help you? In case you didn't bother to save them, go to: Www.doubleddie.com...
Stray mark. If you look at how dies are made, the date is added to the Master hub, although it may have been the master die in 1994 (members -...
There are actually duplicates from this group of star notes. The BEP screwed up. Here is a thread from the CT archives...
With all of the environmental damage and staining I strongly suspect that small areas of the plating were compromised and there is zinc rot...
It's a minor strike through error
Maybe, and a big maybe, there is some very slight die deterioration doubling. This is not true doubling, it's common, and carries no premium...
No evidence of hub doubling. Sorry, but just a damaged coin
Ask yourself, how can these occur during the minting process? You've been here a while and been given a number of links that explain the minting...
Scratches on a die will be raised on a coin. Are you sure you're not seeing handling/contact marks? Struck coins go directly into large...
Why? According to the mint, a press will strike 720 coins a minute. Current die life is approx. 275,000 dimes (I was unable to find the die life...
Lots of die deterioration around the date and mm. I'd go with worn dies for the I and T as well
Good example to put in a date set album.
Minor filled die. Nothing special unless you've fallen for the hype. Nothing wrong with saving it if you like it, since it is an error, but...
Then why is the reverse rim beveled and what caused the weakness in the letters around the periphery? How would that be caused by a capped die?...
Concentrate on how a coin coin like this could be struck by a die at the mint. Simple answer is IT CAN'T. The die wouldn't be in any condition...
I think that buying 5-8 million pounds of aluminum planchets (enough to make 1-4 billion coins for a year), would be a little cheaper per lb than...
It is not possible for a coin the be struck by a die and look like that. Dies do not wear like like that and even if it did, it would have been...
Copper is a very reactive metal. You have a nice cent that is picking up a little toning. Good for an album, but no premium
The area around the U is damage. It's indented and the rim is slightly out of round. The obverse rim also has some flattening in the same area....
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