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Xanonite Valued Member Canada 218 Posts	Posted 09/14/2014 3:07 pm I noticed a little extra metal between the 4 and the 3 and was wondering if this could have been a restrike from a previous year or perhaps something else happened during the striking. Does anyone have any ideas or is this quiet normal? Any help is always very much appreciated! * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

unholyroller Pillar of the Community United States 1903 Posts	Posted 09/14/2014 8:36 pm I am a bit surprised no one has said anything yet...but What it appears from your pictures is either a die chip or what we call "post minting damage" or essentially something struck the coin while in circulation and deformed the metal. Being this is a steel cent it could also be corrosion underneath the zinc layer forming a bubble. Either wait it is not a mint error. Report this Post to the Staff
Rackster Pillar of the Community United States 4809 Posts	Posted 09/14/2014 8:49 pm I have a bunch of these, and honestly, time hasn't been great to them. As noted, pitting and corrosion wage a constant battle raising uglies here-and-there. Your specimen looks pretty normal for a coin of that date. Likely just some affect of time happening there on your coin. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 09/15/2014 10:21 am OR a 1913 with a 1943 stamped over it. Just kidding. So many of those 1943 coins have stuff like that on them. What a year that turned out to be for coins. So many get replated with Zinc, Copper, Tin, Chrome, etc. Report this Post to the Staff
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