Maybe a few dollars if you find that interested collector who wants an example. Remember, if you can find one, so can others, and because they...
I know many new posters are just starting out, for various reasons, from various sources, to check their pocket change. I'm still just a bit...
Looks like a 'struck thru' error - Probably machine grease/oil on the dies, giving it that 'textured' look you see. Fairly common, but good eyes...
Not confusing at all - Your suppositions are incorrect for a damaged copper-coated zinc cent.
Yes, a heavy scratch INTO the surface of the coin displaces that metal, which rises up as the 'cutter' cuts into the metal surface. There is a...
Damaged, imo.
It's damage. Ask yourself - how could, or how would, a coin like this be minted inside the Mint?
That's damage/contact marks on the raised Pillars, in the Red Circles.
damage/contact mark. Look at all the other 'marks' on the surface; same cause. Not an error, I'm sorry to say.
Not a MAD - just the effect of the coin being nicely broadstruck out of the collar
the circular lines on the reverse side are damage from a counting/rolling machine.
and with a typo -- should have said 'worn die'
The slightly raised inside 'rim' you see is from the coin being struck on a warn or overused die. There's no error on the cent.....
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