It's been de-plated. Here's the basic rule: If it's Bright and Shiny, it's been re-plated. If it's Dark/Dull, and Grey, it's been de-plated....
I thought a coin that was magnetic stuck to a magnet.
Very very common on these silver Wartime nickels. The coin itself is well worn, possibly surface damage; the coin is worth what a normal silver...
Yes, still worth face value
Look at the surfaces of the coin around the "O". That is what gives the illusion of there being something there, but there is no mintmark, letter...
Looking at the other three digits, and the curve of the 5 itself, I'd have to agree that it's mechanical or ejection doubling.....(same thing, two...
Could be a 'rim burr', where a sliver of metal from the rim of the planchet was folded onto the planchet when it was struck. Doesn't look like...
Me too
It's not on a silver Wartime planchet, I can assure you. It's environmentally damaged on the surfaces - heat or something has been applied to the...
That one's been in the washer, the dryer, and the fluff & fold machine.
I'd say the MM is damaged. It is not an example of mechanical/ejection doubling, imo.
Both of these quarters are not errors; they have enviornmental damage to the surfaces. The thinner one probably has had the rims tapped down a...
Acetone (buy it at any hardware store) and a Q-tip should take off most of the verdigris (green)
The 1973 cent at the top of this thread has a very common, and very minor, mis-aligned die. Good eyes to spot it, but it does not carry any...
I'd agree with the above posts that it looks like, from your photos, to be a minor mis-aligned obv. die. Very common, very minor, and yes, they...
Badly PMD
You've circled most, but not all, of the bag marks/contact marks on the coin. As mentioned above a few times, it's not an error coin of any...
The two coins just posted (1986 and 2004) have nothing to do with the original 1985 cent.
I'm not sure they're 'popular' as opposed to 'hopeful'.
I sent a group of 1977 COPPER Cents to NGC; they came back 2.3 to 2.7 Grams, which is underweight for a COPPER cent. I didn't even notice that...
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