Surfaces are 'flattened' to give that appearance. Damaged, not doubling, imo
Very difficult to tell for sure from those photos. I think it's a struck thru, but it's not from wood, imo.
I see Indian Chief Pareidolia
Not the best photos, but from what I can see, it's not a double strike.
Imo, that 1982 Cent with the 'weak' top of 'America' lettering is due to die polishing.
At the WP Mint, they were doing it on Silver Eagle Planchets the day I was there, so it is used on varying metals, which makes sense.
It's the common form of doubling known as Mechanical Doubling. It's not a doubled die, sorry...
Damaged, and the weight is meaningless to this particular piece.
Broadstrike - nice 50-year old error.
It's struck on a Singapore or Malaysian Cent planchet. When I was buying these from one of my sources, a few of them came with Malaysian Cents,...
The OP's coin is not a Rockwell Test Piece, and although I knew John Devine very well, and thought highly of his numismatic expertise, I do not...
copper is relatively soft and easy to mangle
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Wear or rub
Yes
The vast majority of new, Uncirculated, coinage does not come in mint packaging. That's a nice B.U. nickel with a few contact or bag marks....
"SMD" is a packaging error, not a mint striking error, imo.
No, you don't have a 1989 doubled die cent.
The coin was laying over the sealing seam, got the damage, and then shifted into the plastic 'pocket'. There is only one way this happened, and...
I was a member who joined the original club, NECA, in 1965. It became CONECA after it merged with CONE. CONE was: Collectors of Numismatic...
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