It's a small area of damage. Not a mint error. Spender.
Parking lot coin. Well, I guess "road rage coin" sounds cooler... :p
I'd soak it in 100% acetone. If no improvement try a distilled water soak, then xylene. Can't hurt to try.
Not really worthless, you could probably get a few bucks out of it on ebay. ;) Or keep it as a conversation piece.
Damage on the 1. Can't see the G enough to tell for sure, but at best it's die deterioration, at worst it's damage.
VG-8
For sure it's fake.
Looks like a greaser to me. Nice find!
I don't see any mintmark.
Not worth slabbing....but still 2x2 worthy.
As for grade, I'll go MS-63.
VF-20, I love it!!
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I don't know why I just posted so many duplicate replies. Apologies.
EF-40, nice original surfaces.
Very nice. Looks AU-53 to me.
It's Machine Doubling...not a doubled die.
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