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Interesting Large Cent Error - but I'm note quite sure what I'm looking at.

HigashiyamaHigashiyama Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭✭✭
Could someone take at look at this (second coin on the list) and explain?

Large Cent Error
Higashiyama

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  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    It appears a cent was struck while a previously-struck coin remained stuck in the upper die. The reverse side of the upper coin transfered incuse mirror-image details onto the lower coin's "obverse" and the bottom die struck the usual reverse design onto the reverse.
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    Obscurum per obscurius
  • That's a really unusual striking error.
    Buy the coin...but be sure to pay for it.
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Looks like a classic full brockage, like the slab label says. Shiroh described it clearly.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

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