(pressed the wrong key, sorry) It will NOT come back as a genuine Error,Pattern, Specimen, or anything else. Please Please Prove Me Wrong -...
I'll tell you what B-D - Get your coin certified as an error or pattern die, from any of the top 4 recognized Authentication Services (PCGS,...
This Kennedy Half dollar was damaged by someone using an X-acto knife (sp?) The X cuts made with the 'knife' cut into the surface, leaving a...
Apparently Due Diligence doesn't help with Observational Reality
Agree - interior die break Don't recall seeing that one before.
Lousy photos, but there are no errors on the nickel. What you see (I think) is just wear and tear and normal circulation hits and rim damage,...
Numismatic Pareidolia
contact mark/bag mark/hit - normal circulation marks for a circulated coin. There is no error on that coin, sorry
Your 15-D Cent is damaged on both sides.
as above - 'enviornmentally damaged surfaces'
Your photos are very dark, but without knowing the weight, I'd say it does look like a reverse clad layer missing dime.
Split Plating Doubling
The term 'Cud' was used back in the mid '60's due to most of these large Die Break 'blobs' looked like a cow's (chewing) Cud; the name stuck.
Congrats ! Looks like a brockage strike or an indent. If you can see reversed incused lettering inside that area (I can't tell if it's lettering...
Based on the photos, it's a very slight shift between the two strikes of a Proof coin - similar to mechanical doubling (MD) that we see on...
It's a very minor and small die chip, based on the photos, and I doubt the Die was pulled because of it - therefore, there are probably 10,000 to...
All are damaged/surface coins, and what you see on them all occurred well after they were already in circulation.
That's a nice Indented strike - about 40-50%. Another unstuck planchet was laying on top of this planchet when it was struck. The other coin...
That's "Liberty" you see, as a result of another cent being pressed into your Wheat Cent. It's damaged/altered sir.
Lots of potential causes, but since we weren't there when the surfaces were environmentally damaged, we don't know the exact cause. It doesn't...
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