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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 3534585, member: 59737&quot;]If you’re talking about the Cent, there are no errors on it. First of all, look at the coin as a whole. What do you see? I see a coin that’s been heavily circulated and damaged all over it. Red circles show damage.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]939382[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]939383[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s very possible that the damage was done early on and then the circulation made the raised areas wear down. Even so, yellow arrows point to raised metal. Raised areas means metal was pushed. Inside the mint, when a coin is struck, there is nowhere for the metal to go, so there should be no raised metal. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]939385[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]939386[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please take the time to learn the minting process to understand how dies are made. Then you’ll realize everything you see here can’t happen at a mint.&nbsp; Here’s a start:</p><p><a href="https://www.fleur-de-coin.com/articles/coin-striking" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.fleur-de-coin.com/articles/coin-striking" rel="nofollow">https://www.fleur-de-coin.com/articles/coin-striking</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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