only on the ones that make multiple strikes.
It's known as a Double Struck Cent. In this case, the 2nd strike is about 98% Off Center. They're fairly common, and your coin is worth about...
Official tolerance would be 2.97 grams on the low side, so your coin is very close. As C.N. said above, the surfaces look funky, so whatever...
It was a 'cracked planchet', and now it's a 'broken planchet', imo. Nice coin, and scarce error like that. The Large Cent isn't an error the...
Not a die Cap or Capped Die strike, It's a 'cupped' off center strike. Take the money and run.
You'd be surprised what can happen to coins in circulation, either by accident or on purpose.
Everything you see on the coin occurred to it well after it was in circulation. It did not leave the Mint like that - no error of any type, sorry..
It's all damage - hit marks, contact marks, bag marks, etc. Not an error, I'm sorry to say.
Thanks for the more accurate description. I guessed 20 cash from the size and copper color. B.T. - those ARE Japanese pieces then? Got that...
It's Chinese, not Japanese, and it looks like it's a '20 Cash' denomination, although your photos are too dark to tell. Generally, these are just...
Those two edge indentations are cuts that someone did - it's considered damage.
Not even close
....it does have a few scratches, but I'd be willing to bet that it does 'straight grade', even with them, based on what I can see in your photos..
That's a very rare (in that grade especially) VAM It is NOT damaged - have it certified/graded, and you'll be surprised what it's worth. I...
Damaged. period.
Since a normal clad quarter should weigh 5.7 grams, if your scale shows 4 grams, it's probably a genuine 'missing clad layer'.....they tend to...
I'd need to see another 1-2 photos of the reverse to tell what it is - Not a die crack, not a plating blister (if it's the same '63 cent), and...
contact mark contact mark contact mark
You didn't say what you see as the errors, but if you're talking about the two 'lines' in two of the photos, those are scratches. If that's not...
The two most common dates: 1955 1953
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