Had ya' going there didn't for a minute though. ;)
Looks like epoxy to me.
If you think this is stress, talk to the folks at the stock market. There are already Christmas lights for sale here in the hardware stores....
You will really need to post photos to get a reliable answer otherwise it would just be guesswork on anyone's part. You may have run into a nice...
In that case possibly a defective planchet or lathe marks?
Seconded.
Environmental damage after it left the mint and I suppose some kind of acidic environment. But we will never know unless someone who found it...
There was no additional strike (mis-aligned). Someone painted this one sloppily and was off the mark slightly. This was done by an outside party...
Congratulations and "Live Long & Prosper".
They used to have similar ones in local 5 & 10 stores like Ben Franklin stores when I was a kid.
Chris is correct. Please do not spend that kind of money on this. It adds no value to the coin because of these imperfections and is only worth...
1953 and 1955 were notorious for die deterioration doubling. They are referred to as the "Poorman's Doubled Die", but are not errors.
Nice and well done on the pics.
1997 has a couple variations but the doubling is separated from the columns.
I did some business with the American Mint but no where near their original prices. Every so often they would offer this type and many others at...
I always stand to be corrected but I'm 99% sure this is the result of a worn die. The inside of each column should have what you see that looks...
The American Mint (no relationship to any U.S. Mint) made these and charged $79.95 upon release plus shipping. Gold plated over a solid copper...
It's 5 o'clock somewhere;););)
Dunno. I thought you thought this was the GD forum or maybe this should have been in the GD area? At my age I would forget my head if it wasn't...
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