Hard to say what caused that so I'd toss it aside and keep it until a further determination can be made.
Thank you for featuring this.
It looks more like an S over a D but it's really just a damaged mintmark. The D mintmark took a hit.
Not a chance!
I have the same problem Randy.
This is a neat little token of William Penn and Pennsylvania's Bicentennial. It was struck in 1882 by the US Mint in Philadelphia. It's brass, 25...
A great find!
Errors? Where?
Do yourself a favor and return it. It's an ugly coin and a very poor example of Lady Liberty.
How long has it been since 1964? Over 56 years. How many collectors and other people have been pulling out silver coins in thst time frame?...
To answer your question: Machine Dublin also known as MD or mechanical doubling, shift doubling, or shift doubling is not caused by the die...
MD or machine doubling. It's very common. It's worth one cent.
Hopefully the OP learned from all this and got a nice laugh. It's damaged and not a mint error. Welcome to CT.
Nice looking for its age but normal in all aspects that I can see. The rim is off a bit but that is also normal. Welcome to CT.
It's damaged and it's zinc. Spend it!
Now you've brought tears to my eyes I'm laughing so hard. Best wishes my friend.
That's why I didn't suggest it but you could trade the smallest safe in for a larger one. Hehehe
Look at the rim. It's thin at the top and wide at the base. That makes it a MAD.
If I look closely it appears to be Damage. It looks cut into the coin but along most areas of the groove it seems to have a small amount of higher...
Randy, if you want to sell them have you considered taking them to your LCS and trade them for one nice coin? Maybe a really nice Bust Half...
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