1847 Large Cent help - large photos added

BlindedByEgo

I was looking through some junk/ cull coins I had sitting in a box, and saw this Large Cent with the weird bit of extra metal on the 7.

Curious as to whether this is a date variety or whatever - looking for a bit of attribution help.

Thanks!

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Icollecteverything

Looks interesting, similar to some overdates. But it's possible that it was hit long ago by something sharp like a knife point that pushed that bit of the 7 out. Then it got toned over. Hope I am wrong.

ricko

It looks to me like part of the original mint process....interesting...Cheers, RickO

LoveMyLiberty

The feature at the "7" looks like PMD.
Hard to see if there is repunching at the date.

This may be a Newcomb-18 but the image isn't near
close enough and it helps to see the entire coin.

BlindedByEgo

Here is the full coin and a larger photo of the date

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BlindedByEgo

DollarAfterDollar

That looks like some kind of weird damage. Might have happened during minting but it doesn't look like a re-punch or the like. It doesn't even resemble any number or part of a number.

luckybucks

Nice coin.

Defect in the die ???

yosclimber

Thanks for the photos.

It looks like it might be a gouge below the raised bit which pushed up that metal.
The gouge then filled in with debris?
You could explore this if there is a safe way to remove the debris, but copper can be reactive, so I'm not sure what to advise.

Tibor

Since the piece already has some rather serious scratches,
maybe a soft tooth brush and warm water would help loosen
the debris in the area of interest.