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Appears to be a rather damaged '53 (Philly) wheat cent--dings, hits, gouges, moved metal. Assume the reverse looks pretty much the same? Post-strike damage accumulated over the years, plus a bit of environmental staining/tarnish. Bottom line, coin didn't leave the striking chamber in that condition
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Appears to be a rather damaged '53 (Philly) wheat cent--dings, hits, gouges, moved metal. Assume the reverse looks pretty much the same? Post-strike damage accumulated over the years, plus a bit of environmental staining/tarnish. Bottom line, coin didn't leave the striking chamber in that condition I get that, but why the lack of damage where the base of the one used to be?
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How could the "ONE" be struck in the direction of the arrow and not leave any damage to the area where the base of the "ONE" used to be?  the area where the base of the "ONE" used to be  |
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It's like there was never anything there to begin with.  |
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@alpha, trying to guess how an object gouging one area of a coin might have affected other areas of a coin seems like tilting at windmills to me. I see nothing suggesting that the date was not normal when this coin was struck. You have a well-circulated and damaged common-date Wheat cent. Value is two or three times face value. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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A once normal coin now beat up by circulation...PMD. Please properly crop photos before posting...thanks. John1  ( I'm no pro, it's just my humble opinion )
Searched 6.5 +/- Million Cents Since 1971
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05/22/2022 09:15 am
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I just see a damaged coin.  Agree that cropping your images will help in evaluating details. |
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Quote:@alpha, trying to guess how an object gouging one area of a coin might have affected other areas of a coin seems like tilting at windmills to me. I see nothing suggesting that the date was not normal when this coin was struck. You have a well-circulated and damaged common-date Wheat cent. Value is two or three times face value. First of all I don't give a crap about the value. second, How could the "ONE" be struck in the direction of the arrow and not leave any damage to the area where the base of the "ONE" used to be?  lastly, I merely found it interesting. The coin gods have spoken. "Something happened", now I know.
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Please properly crop photos before posting...thanks.
John1 Even if I knew what properly cropped photos were, I don't know how. I've posted hundreds of pic here without "cropping", suddenly it's important? I'll try my best.
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  Alpha33 out..............................................................
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I agree that is a little odd; how could the original "1" be damaged like that. It looks like the 1 shifted up, curled, and turned into a "c". Plate tectonics?
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How could the "ONE" be struck in the direction of the arrow and not leave any damage to the area where the base of the "ONE" used to be? This is 100% the wrong question. The question should be... How can the one be struck in the direction of the arrow during the minting process.The answer is it can't, so it can't be an error. Billions of ways to damage a coin. Finite number of ways for an error to happen.
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Even if I knew what properly cropped photos were, I don't know how. Click here. Makes it easier for people to help you and with all the extraneous image gone, you can upload much better pics. After a few times it only takes 30-45 seconds.
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This is damage. How it happened? Took a shallow hit during circulation. Copper is a very soft metal and sometimes the material can get moved around and over time the spot where the 1 used to be could have been smoothed over and erasing any sigh it was ever there. Look at the overall surface of the coin, almost all of the details of this coin has been erased.
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