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I've had this coin for a while until recently I just kept them if I thought they looked interesting. A friend suggested this site. This coin has so many different things going on but what I found most interesting is that it has hidden images on both sides of the coin. I don't know if anyone else has seen something like this but you can only see them with lighting and magnification. Very odd but unique
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Hazelnut~!! Clear pictures of both sides of the coin would help us.
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New Member
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Sorry wish I had better pictures. The columns have damage and doubling which cannot be seen that great here
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So the first one is a normal views. The second is darker I apologize but if you look parallel to liberty and the star you will see the statue of liberty, the third is a view of soldiers on horses the bottom part of the coin also has rafters on the river, the fourth has Indians climbing rocks with spears right into his chin the mark in his face is actually the spear that one Indian is holding, the last one if you zoom you can see several presidents faces within the building windows and columns. Hope you can see it
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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 To the Forum.
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Moderator
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I moved your post to the appropriate section for the proper attention.  
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I've stared at them but don't see anything. Regardless, welcome to the Forum!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome to the forum. Unfortunatly, you just seem to have a well circulated coin with a number of nicks and dings. There is no such thing as a "hidden image" on a coin from the US Mint. What you are seeing is called " Pareidolia". This is the ability of the mind to try to make sense out of random images. Like when people see faces or animals in clouds, or Elvis on a piece of burnt toast. The mind is an interesting thing, and tries to find familiarity in randomness. While a lot of errors need magnification to be seen, looking too close to a coin will often trick the mind into seeing things that are not really there.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Keep looking!  to the CCF!
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Moderator
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is just PMD. (Post Mint Damage)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Incuse marks on a coin, usually indicates coin damage. It is was a die issue, then the devices would be raised. So it just a damaged coin and a little imagination. Worth what it says on the reverse Five Cents. I was hoping for a clash or something else. But it is what it is. 
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