No, it's a plated cent, done as a novelty item. If it were struck on a dime planchet, it would be about dime size, and you would have outer clad...
I agree
Looks like a rim burr
The rim is 'flat' from damage. The San Francisco Mint didn't make proof cents back then. (coin looks 'tapped' on the edges)
Yes, there have been these counterfeit dies around for decades - the 'overstrikes', whether by an earlier die, or a diff. denomination, are from...
'sliced' digit from a counting machine PMD
could be environmental issues, or a gold plated coin. Without a photo of both sides of it, it'll be hard to know what caused it.
Gee, I wasn't even aware that we'd done a 2nd Edition already! Thanks for the advanced cover copy !
possibly caught in a counting machine, but in any case, it's a damaged/sliced digit. PMD, as numerous posts have said.
Sorry, I guess that I don't have any numismatic knowledge.
I'd agree with the above post - notice that the "E" piece is both lighter, and a sharper strike than the circulation on the host coin. It's not...
......almost anything and everything
Great find from a Mint sewn bag, even a small bag. An a real nice coin too - hope some of the new folks here see it, so they can compare it to...
It's been machined on that side. Damaged/altered Not a mint error - sorry
Contact marks, bag marks, 'hits'. All occurred on it well after it was in circulation.
Don't forget, every coin struck from that particular die will have the die chip/blob. There are more of them out there than there are interested...
A Brilliant Uncirculated coin.
As was mentioned numerous times about this coin in the other chatroom, the "I" has been pushed over to the "B". It's minor damage, but not an...
It's a corroded/enviornmentally damaged normal Nickel. The weight of all US nickels, including silver War Nickels, is exactly the same, so...
As Bill Fivaz likes to say "I wasn't there" I wasn't there when something penetrated a large hole on your cent, but as many others have said, it...
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