Although it might have the 'look' of a filled die error, it's been altered. I can tell from the color of the coin, and the missing design...
PD98 - great set of photos - I'm sure you'll be posting 'em again soon in another new thread !
It's a very nice example of a die chip; as mentioned above, it's one of the largest "BiE's" I've seen. Still, it's not worth slabbing, and I...
They're the '1943 Copper Cents' of the new millennium.
Are they both the same year????
iPen - you'd be surprised how many common coins have been counterfeited. It's not a Pattern coin, or pattern reverse die.
Tolerance is .13 of a gram. With tolerance, and scales not being exact in many cases, I don't believe that weighing such a coin would be...
As mentioned, the reverse is Fake. I haven't seen this particular one before, but it's not surprising.
The copper plating has been removed. The weight of the copper plating is almost nil, in comparison to the weight of the zinc planchet, so it's...
It's been cleaned, that's why it's lighter in color.
The Schüler Horizontal Presses were first installed at the Philadelphia Mint in 1997, based on some mis-struck quarters that started to come out....
"tapped" on the edges; PMD
Looks like two copper-plating bubbles to me.
I don't see it.
aka 'sliced digit' -- PMD
.....and, NONE of the 'special' Satin Surface coins were released thru normal channels. They all are sourced from an Ex-Director of the...
These double strikes can easily get out in the Ballistic Bags that the Mint(s) has been using for over 15 years. But, if you don't like them...
In my opinion, this is NOT an example of coins that shouldn't be in collectors hands.
The Rim 'Bump', and flattened area opposite it, are from the enlarged coin getting jammed in a counting or rolling machine. (after it left the...
Yes, it's been heated, which causes the occluded gas bubble to lift off the surface. The dis-colored surfaces are another hint to what happened...
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