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1980 50 Cent Coin! Need Help

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 Posted 05/16/2023  04:25 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Coin_poacher to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hey guys I found this 1980 50 cent coin and would like some info on 2 things if possible pls. Firstly It's the only 1980 I have found with a narrow date and a dropped 0 in date, is this a veriety because I havnt found any information about a narrow date veriety and found nothing online about it and If it is a veriety is there a way to find how many of these were minted compared to other 1980 50 cent coins?
My second question is are the markings on Obverse of coin through lettering a die crack? I'm unsure because of how big the marks are also as you can see in pictures they are raised lines but not very high (I'm not sure if PMD causes cracks on coins to get flatter over time) thanks for help and looking forward to get some info
1980-50-Cent-Coin!-Need-Help
1980-50-Cent-Coin!-Need-Help
1980-50-Cent-Coin!-Need-Help
1980-50-Cent-Coin!-Need-Help
1980-50-Cent-Coin!-Need-Help
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 Posted 06/02/2023  07:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coin_poacher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Can anyone help with this pls?
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06/02/2023 07:47 am
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 Posted 06/04/2023  9:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ryurazu to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
first that's not a lamination flaw, most likely just a damage. I don't think there is a date variation on the 1980.
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 Posted 06/08/2023  04:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coin_poacher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I never said lamination flaw so idk why you would think I did. Also I was asking about the raised lines through hub if it is a die crack, NO ITS NOT PMD look at the B in Elizabeth you can clearly see the line go over the B and also L in Australia you can see die crack or whatever it is go over L. Raised metal is not PMD, I know the coin has PMD but I'm not asking about the PMD. Also the section I circled above Date use the rim as a guide and you will see its raised. pls don't just make up an answers
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06/08/2023 05:14 am
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 Posted 06/08/2023  04:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coin_poacher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Also if you think a lamination is the same as a die crack then you should first find out the difference.
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06/08/2023 05:16 am
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 Posted 06/08/2023  6:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add airgem to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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first that's not a lamination flaw, most likely just a damage. I don't think there is a date variation on the 1980.
. Looks totally normal to me
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 Posted 06/08/2023  11:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coin_poacher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You agree with something I didn't ask about?
So how is there raised lines through hub? Do raised lines mean nothing now? If you can't explain then pls don't just make up answers. Also pls learn the difference between a die crack and a lamination
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06/08/2023 11:52 pm
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 Posted 06/09/2023  12:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add airgem to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My apologies. I thought you wanted help. Please explain what a Hub is please?
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 Posted 06/10/2023  05:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coin_poacher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The lettering. If you read my posts will give you a better understanding, thx anyways, sorry about being annoying but I want help with coin not guesses is all because I want a better understanding and it can already be confusing when it comes to errors
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 Posted 06/10/2023  08:49 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gxseries to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If I had to guess - it looks like wear and improper alloy planchet mix. It looks like the color highlights the imperfection in the metal. Sometimes wear looks like the font is thicker.
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 Posted 06/10/2023  10:00 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add publius to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
When you come here asking for information, and when someone tries to respond to your inquiry you reject it and say "don't make up answers", thus implying that you already know the information you said you didn't have…

The obvious thing to observe about this coin is that it is very circulated. While circulation wear doesn't change the position and size of features, it can distort them, thus making comparisons with nominally identical pieces unreliable. Double-check what you think you see, and don't just reject an opinion because it doesn't agree with yours. So, for instance, the photos you present make it appear that there's a light-coloured line running through ELIZABET — which looks like a metallurgical flaw, perhaps. It does not appear, from the photos, to be a raised feature such as would be caused by a die crack. Maybe that's a deficiency of the photos, but getting angry because we can't see in the photos what you see in your hand isn't going to help anything.

But here's a question : have you weighed this coin? Have you done anything to check the composition? "Unreported varieties" are sometimes actually counterfeits. I'm not saying it's a likely answer, but you might try to rule it out.
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