1858 Flying Eagle Cent With Weird Thing Above Tail... Thoughts?

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Mister Kairu Pillar of the Community United States 1911 Posts	Posted 10/03/2017 09:38 am Hi all, have had this cent for a long time and never asked what that thing above the tail feathers is. It is raised and looks like it would be a part of the coin but not sure. Thoughts on it and a grade? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 10/03/2017 10:01 am It might be a die chip, but I'm thinking the metal was piled up from left to right. Couldn't enlarge enough to see for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
Mark1959 Pillar of the Community 7234 Posts	Posted 10/03/2017 11:13 am without being able to see a hit on your coin in the picture it may be just a die chip as stated above. Report this Post to the Staff
Mister Kairu Pillar of the Community United States 1911 Posts	Posted 10/03/2017 11:27 am Yeah it definitely isn't a hit on it. Is a die chip a common enough error that it would add anything to the value or not so? More of a "oh that's cool" sort of thing? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/03/2017 4:52 pm Could we have a close-up of the chip and the area to the left including that darkish patch, please? Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 10/03/2017 5:08 pm A die chip would be a lot better than a big gouge, but we can't see it well enough to tell. Report this Post to the Staff
Mister Kairu Pillar of the Community United States 1911 Posts	Posted 10/03/2017 5:46 pm Here is the best I can do not very clear at all but that blackness doesn't seem like any hit on the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Mark1959 Pillar of the Community 7234 Posts	Posted 10/03/2017 7:36 pm Seems to be a die chip. I've seen alot of copper coins that have chips like those just out in the fields with nothing around them to tell how it happened. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/03/2017 7:47 pm Must agree. Report this Post to the Staff
Mister Kairu Pillar of the Community United States 1911 Posts	Posted 10/03/2017 8:25 pm Cool. A nice little "quirk" on my FE cent. Seems to be more of just a "wow" thing rather than a valuable error then too. Thank you very much for your help! Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 10/03/2017 8:31 pm If it were gouged out by an impact and then re-flattened somewhat by circulation, while a little dirt filled in the periphery, it'd come out looking just like this as well. As popular as these are, and as closely as these have been studied, I should think that a die chip visible to the naked eye in the middle of a field would likely have been recorded previously. This is no guarantee that it isn't a die chip, but to my mind the possibility is less than that of a worn postmint hit. Report this Post to the Staff
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