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Die chip at top of coin
Valinda11
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Coin looks like it has been through an Incinerator. I'm quite sure this was done at mint
If you look at the T on reverse in the word Cent, you can clearly see it was never fully stamped
Your thoughts? Worth grading to sell as an
error?
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It didn't leave the mint that way.
PMD
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Todd - BHNC #242
It's an ugly coin for sure. The lettering on reverse in the word United looks like it did not get a complete stamp or got all jumbled up in the minting process
Agree or not?
A little advice: you are not doing your due research, and these types of posts are going to get old very fast.
The probability that a random coin picked from your change is worth grading is basically zero, even if it looks interesting to you. That is particularly true when you do not have any prior knowledge of what is valuable.
Forget about finding coins for grading and selling and find a project appropriate to your level of experience, such as filling a Whitman folder for Lincoln cents.
Well I received this from a bank roll, so not sure of its history, but it came to me in this sad shape. The misalignment of lettering and Lincoln missing his lips as well as the damage at top of coin leads me to believe it was missed during grading before leaving mint
I agree with you Todd
Please re-read the response from @IkesT
There is a blob of copper, a rather large blob on obverse at bottom center
That would certainly be from the mint would it not?
You don't happen to have a gold war nickel do you?
Please re-read the response from @IkesT
That can't happen.
Damage and nothing but damage.
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No
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
The "PMD" in an earlier response means Post-Mint Damage. Getting a coin in a bank roll does not mean it came that way from the mint. There are many ways that a coin can be damaged. We sometimes call things "parking lot finds" due to the kinds of things that might happen there. As folks here like to say, learn about the minting process to get an idea of what can and cannot happen during minting. Look at error coin websites to see what real errors are. Look in auction listings/records to see what actual error coins fetch. Don't expect to get rich on coins you find in change.
Collector of Liberty Seated Half Dimes, including die pairs and die states
Who's Todd ?
The best thing to do is study up on the minting process. This way you can spot what is or isn't a mint error. The minting process is a straightforward manufacturing procedure with all steps known and well documented. All errors have one thing in common, you can point specifically to where and how it happened during minting. There is just no possible way for this to have happened before or during minting. Lettering can't get misaligned or jumbled up. This is all just damage.
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IkesTodd
Obvious damage.
Blunt and honest PMD
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