It's very very common - this exact filled die on the Bicent. Half. Other letters are known missing too. I have one right now in my pocket...
No, I don't think it's my photo, and if it were, it wouldn't be a big deal.
Simple filled die.......very common (I sold the Spring Nickel on the left, about 5 years ago)
It's not an 'improper metal mixutre' planchet - it's stained. All the 'different' surface colors and textures you see on your coin occured after...
Tolerance on a copper Linc. Cent is 2 grains, or .13 grams. (normal is 48 grains or 3.1 grams) Your's is .17 of a gram over the tolerance.
There's no design elements missing, and the rims are complete, so it can't be a minor o/c.
If you put it up on Ebay, it could bring between $20-$25, or thereabouts. There's no set price for such anomalies, so it might bring $10, it...
It looks like it's struck thru a thin piece of thread........
The impressions into the surface where the other digits should be are the result of either a lamination, where the flake of metal came loose from...
The very first error coin I bought with my own money (as opposed to finding errors in circulation), back in 1962, turned out to be a nickel with...
Not to be short in my answer to the question three posts above - but that's not what Double Struck coins look like. Knowing the minting process,...
Earl42, I'd be willing to bet that if your reply 4 posts above, was the very first reply to the OP's post, he would have not understood, agreed...
I wish he would walk up to me at a coin show and show me the coin, listen to my reply, and then make that last statement that he did. He'd...
"never use it again" - thanks for the favor to all of us here. I find it amazing, reading over all of the responses to the OP's first post, that...
......I hear ya.....
There is no error on that nickel - sorry
It's a damaged coin, and the OP is probably confusing it with a Die Cap. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news on it, but as others have already...
The 'lines' are the result of the lamination strip (improper metal mixture) that's been lifted off the surface of the coin. It's rough because...
I didn't comment on the #, just the fact that it was nice to see an actual RPM posted. I don't deal in them, so I don't really pay that much...
Thanks for posting an actual RPM!
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