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by gizmosinglee » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:18 pm
I have been searching rolls of cents for copper, and I dont know much about errors or varietys. I found this interesting cent and was wondering if it is anything special. Sorry for the poor picture but hopefully it will be good enough.
thanks for any info.
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by Copper Catcher » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:27 pm
Can't tell if the 8 is doubled or maybe something called a clogged die error if blocked out. Worth keeping and probably worth a few dollars.
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by gizmosinglee » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:42 pm
Thanks.
Here is a little bit better of a picture.
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by daviscfad » Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:37 pm
looks like die deterioration
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by rexmerdinus » Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:49 am
My heart has skipped more times than I can count on things like that (I'm a hand sorter). I've found that if you tilt the coin toward you in the light, almost as if you're looking face-on at Honest Abe, the "doubling" starts to disappear. I've come to the conclusion that what I'm looking at in these cases is actually a reflection of the raised number's edge off the shiny flat surface surrounding it. This effect seems to show up a lot on the number 9.
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