A retained cud will show displacement of the die face that has separated, but it will retain all the design features of the die. It's a piece of...
Hard to tell from the pics, but it looks interesting. The volcano is where a lot of the doubling has occurred on the 2005 Oregon quarters, but...
Are you talking about contact marks? Honestly, if it was light contact marks, then you should have kept the coins. The seller did nothing wrong...
No doubt about it at all. MD.
Nice coin. What you have there is a die clash. You can read more about them here: http://error-ref.com/clash-marks.html
I agree. It's a die crack.
I can't tell the grade from the images, nor the doubled die. However, there are several known doubled dies for 1968-S. In MS65 condition, they...
That's not a proof set, it's a Philadelphia mint set.
Nice 001 find! Probably $15 or so.
Got it. I misunderstood you. You mean that you're only finding shield reverses while searching. Yeah, Cessna is an airplane. My other hobby.
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Nice find. I do see a split lower serif, and what appears to be doubling south inside the mint mark at the top. Unfortunately I don't have any...
By variety, he means that it is a doubled die. All 2013 cents have the shield reverse.
There could be no exposed zinc on a pre 1982 cent. It's damage.
That's one sweet 1909.
Looks like you've got some mild MD going on. Other than that, I don't see anything.
It's environmental damage. Contact with acid.
Oh yeah. I'll take all the free proofs I can get.
You can pick these up for a buck. It's hard to tell the grade from the photos, but I'd say 64. Maybe 65.
Those plating striations and blisters are so common that the mint doesn't even worry about them. It would definitely not increase the value, and...
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