2025s PROOF PENNY ERROR?
certainteed
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certainteed
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certainteed
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To me it looks like discoloration from something interacting with the surface after striking. Not an error.
If a mint error is a worker sneezing on it then yes it is an error
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And what would the error be?
99.999999999% of all coin anomalies are NOT errors. Much easier to learn what the errors are than look for anomalies.
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The discoloration look like it is in the laminate.
"The laminate" is not a term that is used when describing coins. Could you try again please?
It's on the surface.
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Does it look like some one has tampered with it?
Again, your words don't make sense. What do you mean by "tampered"? What are you suggesting they tampered with? What how does tampering have anything to do with your original question of whether it would be considered a mint error?
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No. It looks like a normal production failure where a foreign substance got on the planchet or coin and led to localized discoloration.
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Here's a image of the whole set.
Same answer
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Does this happen with proof coin a lot?
I would have sent it back the second I saw it. Not an error, just poor quality that detracts from the value of the set.
Yes. It also happens to business strikes coins and coins from every Mint in the world. It's just chemistry.
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I would like to see more images of the 2025s proof mint penny that damaged from the mint if anyone has an image?
The us mint has one of the best qualities controls proof mint standards in the world!
Forget about it.
it may be the only 100 feet high cicada shell pile, but it's still no big deal
if i had a discolored proof cent in a set, i would not keep it i would try to get rid of it. the discoloration is no big deal
IT is not only the discoloration the Lincoln portrait seems a little different I think everyone is focusing more on the but I'm
discoloration , also I'm not a professional photographer so my angles may not be the best!
if the portrait is different, then that would be a different die. you'd have to satisfy yourself with comparisons to other 2025s cents. if such different die exists then you'll be able to find others. doubtful.
Yes, if i thought it was not more discoloration i would agree.
If someone it good at comparing images this with other 2025s proof and try to disregard the discoloration i think that would be very helpful. than i would( forget about it)
For all the critics, i see more words than images!
first it was discoloration, now it's die varieties.
feel free to post your own findings in pictures not words
Thanks for the help!
So, you're theory is that they made a new hub to create a new proof die for a cent they are discontinuing and you got the only one?
It is a normal proof cent that toned. We don't need to post pictures to prove it to you because you aren't looking with your eyes.
Go on ebay. There are hundreds of images.
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This response is disingenuous. First, it was the discoloration in the "laminate", then it was tampered with, then damaged, and now it's a variety.
It's a toned proof cent.
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