I didn't realize was the TPG company's job to tell you what your coins are worth before you submit them. Shame on them !
Post your coin and a description here, and we're glad to comment on it. We can tell you if it's a genuine error coin, or a damaged coin.
damaged after it was already in circulation
Cleaned long ago, and toning badly
To me, it's a excellent example of a ragged end clip. Yes, the blank is defective, but it's the result of it being punched out from the ragged...
Looks like the 'Face Hugger' from Alien !
+1, as they say
As the Hoopster says - looks like a wire brush effect
They are also called rim clips or the one at 10:30 might be called a disc clip (just means very small and involving the rim)
The bottom left side of the N is 'hit', and that's the metal pushed down from the hit/contact. It is not a die chip or die crack, imo
Actually, it's a very small double clipped planchet 10:30 and 12:30
I can see using the staples, that it's a minor rotation, well within Mint Tolerance, imo.
D H - if you're referring to C C's dimes at the top of this post, they are NOT errors, or Feeder Finger errors. If you have two similar...
I have the photo on the Press, but I can't find it. I don't think 6 degrees is measurable ! (for our purposes)
It's damaged, that's for sure ....not an error coin. Vice job? Doesn't look like it, but something damaged your cent.,
That's a stain on the right that you see. Same thing about 8:00 on the left.
Signs on the coining presses at the Philly Mint say that tolerance is 27 degrees. As Pete said above, it has to be at least 45 degrees to be...
As I've said pertaining to finding mint errors in Mint Sewn Bags: (same concept applies, in general, to proof sets and mint sets) "You can go...
Looks like "Joe the Barber" did it.......
Love the SBA !
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