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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 426784, member: 15199&quot;]I was photographing some large cents for sale last night and noticed that one of the 1852 Large cent, probably xf +/- , had some damage on the reverse denomination that produced a vulgar slang word. The damaged letter shows possible signs of tooling, but if so, it was done a very long time ago. However other signs such as the rough surface of the broken lower serif appears natural as does the minor effect on the central serif. I have seen another example a long time ago where much tooling was used to produce a strong effect, this is sort of a hybrid appearance of the 2 letters, which is why I didn&#039;t notice it right away.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have searched the web , and the few instances of mention say they were man made of several dates, but just wanted to see if any die breaks might have produced a similar effect. Please I hope I haven&#039;t offended anyone. I certainly wont be selling it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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