agree with above - die deterioration from a worn or overused die. Very very very common - not an error, I'm sorry to say
'lotta damage - no error on your cent, I'm sorry to say. It did not leave the Mint like that. What you see occurred well after the coin was...
OK, the overdate is a Die Variety - agreed I just thought it was a good example for the topic, even though it wasn't a double struck overdate......
Always an interesting topic - Last week I sold in a Heritage Auction, a 1942/1 Mercury Dime, NGC VF-35. It sold for $625 total. Greysheet is...
Look at any clad dime, quarter or half dollar. You'll see the copper core centered in the reeded edge. (same for Sacs/Pres. dollars)
Damaged
It's a Type 2 Planchet from those last photos. What looked like 'cut/tear' marks in the first set of photos now looks like contact marks on the...
Why would it have to be evenly distributed across the surfaces?
Last two photos aren't that helpful, imo
Looks burnished with a wire brush, or similar.
Enviormentally damaged surfaces - not the typical 'acid treated' kind, but some type of corrosive liquid, especially on the reverse side. Obv....
Although there might appear to be a raised rim, the edge of the piece shows the correct 'cut and tear' marks that would be on a Type 1 Blank, and...
I assume the planchet he used was correct - they're currently, and even more so back then, easily available. The coin was not a struck coin, imo.
It's not that it's not real because there's only one of them. (there are many valuable rare coins and errors that are 'one of's' that are worth...
It's gold plated - they've plated hundreds of thousands of them over the past 20 years. The Experimental Planchets have a completely different...
It's a counterfeit struck with false/fake dies. There's lots of photos of these types of counterfeit double strikes in Spadone's old book on...
As mentioned above, there's nothing there. It's NP Numismatic Pareidolia There might be a small copper plating bubble in the area you're...
Yes, your cent has been either lightly gold-plated as a novelty item (or out of boredom by someone) or that color is from enviormentally damaged...
Two very nicely damaged coins. Thanks for sharing them with us.
It is overstruck on another coin. This could be on purpose, as some countries would simply overstrike old issues with the new...
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