This is what the master die doubling looks like [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It could be a plating blister. These are very common on 1984's. They can be round, lines, or blobs. It looks like three of them around the lower ear.
Judging from all the replies it's damage.... Thanks
going through my junk. It looks like it could go either way...It could be a scrape but there aren't any scratches, or elevation change from the...
I don't even see any machine doubling. It looks like a normal cent for that year, except it's shinier, and in better shape than most that I find....
I found this nice example today... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Perhaps. Interesting nonetheless. Thanks guys. I'm giving up on this one. If I argued tooth and nail like some people around here I could probably...
What is a lucky cent holder? This cent does not look lucky. What could affect the rim all the way around in so many different directions? MAD...
It is oblong, and larger than a normal coin. Can you see the front edge south of the bust? there is a transition either side seems to go on a...
Normal coin. shiny, and reflective. Shadows will appear as doubling with the right (wrong?) light.
Have you seen anything like it? I found it in a roll from the bank[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice find
did you just commit a felony with that file?
I found one too! Enloy!
It was a political joke favoring one party over another, and deriding the office of the president of the United States.
What I do sometimes is save up the ones I'm unsure of and send them to one of the Coneca attributors. It's only $4.00 per coin if you are a Coneca...
Well it does seem rigged to a newcomer. At first you find all kinds of amazing looking MD and you believe you really have something valuable. Then...
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I found one 2000 P wide AM in my searches. It's the most common but it still took 2 years to find...lol. All this time I've also been checking...
If you don't study a little you will miss good coins
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