Like the others have said, it's a plating blister.
Any amount of work is too much for them at the PO!
Also great for arthritis I hear!
Because whatever was used to make the X was flat around the X. when it was pressed or struck the area around the X was flattened. Nothing about...
Someone hit the back of the coin with an X shaped punch. The image pushed through to the obverse. Simple as that.
Yepper, that's a nice interior die break!
Back when mercury wasn't toxic, now that's funny!
He's also not very accurate.
The story is close enough. You're in my neck of the woods. I'm just outside Kannapolis. Where are you from?
Plated.
What star?
It's just been exposed to some sort of chemical. Worth a cent.
I don't see one.
I don't see the doubling on Liberty. I'm thinking this is deterioration doubling.
You do know that's a large date don't you?
Definitely damage.
That one looks like it had the copper plating chemically removed. No one just drops an unplated cent in a parking lot.
Looks cast to me.
Always look for the variety or error first, then the markers.
You'll have to ask the seasoned veterans here. I'm pretty new to the site myself and haven't looked at everything yet. Well, I've been a member...
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