.......I deserve it........ .......but after 8 months, I had to !
He's not a troll, imo. He's an older gentleman, and I've been trying to answer his emails to me for the past 7-8 months, at least. I haven't...
Yes, it was cut down, or shaved; likely to be used as a dime.
They are the result of a 'die chip' which causes the blob of metal you see. In the 60's, they were collected as BIE's, and other Liberty die...
Yep - sorry, I missed that typo.
......but yours is.
Hate to nit-pick, but it's an unstuck planchet, not a blank planchet. (and it might be a copper-plated over zinc planchet, but it's not clad)...
No matter what caused them, the coins are NOT worth slabbing whatsoever, unless you really want them certified for your collection only. You will...
All 10 photos are PMD coins........as mentioned
Those marks are possibly from feeder finger scrapes on the die. I've seen this effect/look on numerous State Quarters - the feeder fingers...
Nice die crack No mis-alignment on either side.
P-M 98 - I was replying to the OP's 2nd post where he says 'the line thru it is a crack' - I know you know what it is!
Rick got it right - the obv. has been struck thru a very late stage, thinning die cap. Nice error find from circulation. By the way, the...
Nails have been 'coined', so why not a spoon ?
You're looking too closely at your coins. There is nothing there at the D of Dollar. Sorry - and don't forget that coins in circulation get...
That line thru his Neck is not a die-crack, imo. It's a scratch, and there seems to be a bit of rim damage at the date area too.
1952 Cents are made of copper, so there's no plating issue there. Your cent has been corroded, environmentally damaged, and/or is otherwise...
Nice find - but if it has partial reeding ('Railroad Rims), it's not a broadstrike, even slight. It's a nice example of a partial collar strike...
copper plated, or E.D.
It's probably the very common form of 'ejection doubling/mechanical doubling' that you're seeing. Not a doubled die -
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