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Son and I were detecting in local park built in 1980s.was not expecting to find silver.our question being is this a error coin or do we have stars in our eyes lol.im seeing letter below epluribus next to bottom left torch

a letter below

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    hummingbird_coinshummingbird_coins Posts: 1,613 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    ToreyTorey Posts: 410 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 10, 2024 9:19AM

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 41,100 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Damage.

    Pareidolia.

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    coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 12,448 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 10, 2024 9:04AM

    Just damage, what you are seeing is pareidolia induced by extreme magnification. All too common by the microscope users that have become so prevalent today.

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    CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Did anyone consider that it could be a newly discovered misplaced mintmark?

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    hummingbird_coinshummingbird_coins Posts: 1,613 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CRHer700 said:
    Did anyone consider that it could be a newly discovered misplaced mintmark?

    It's not the right shape for a D mintmark used that year.

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    tincuptincup Posts: 5,479 ✭✭✭✭✭

    An unusual shape.... but certainly damage IMO, as other damage is clearly shown on the rest of the reverse. But hey.... finding silver is awesome!

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    CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @hummingbird_coins said:

    @CRHer700 said:
    Did anyone consider that it could be a newly discovered misplaced mintmark?

    It's not the right shape for a D mintmark used that year.

    I was considering it an S, not a D. However, it was more of a joke than anything.

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 41,100 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CRHer700 said:

    @hummingbird_coins said:

    @CRHer700 said:
    Did anyone consider that it could be a newly discovered misplaced mintmark?

    It's not the right shape for a D mintmark used that year.

    I was considering it an S, not a D. However, it was more of a joke than anything.

    Looks more like a sideways "CC"... 😈

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 39,407 ✭✭✭✭✭

    welcome

    ignore the jokes

    come back with more coin finds

    it's an optical illusion

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 39,407 ✭✭✭✭✭

    generally, don't clean your coins... but how do you know what it is if you can't clean them...

    ask what to do on our metal detecting forum: https://forums.collectors.com/categories/metal-detecting

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    BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,604 ✭✭✭✭✭

    At least it's silver. Nice find.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 32,222 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ya found silver, way cool 😎

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    In my mind you already win by spending time with your son outdoors detecting. Finding silver is icing on the cake!

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