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Pillar of the Community
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 to the Community Your coin looks like a normal strike with some contact marks. |
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I don't see anything out of the ordinary with this coin.
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@gga, first welcome to CCF. Second, perhaps you could add an arrow or some other indicator to show us specifically what you are seeing as errors? With the current pics I agree that it is most likely contact marks and Pareidolia. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Same. to the CCF! |
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Thank you all.
Something definitely happened to this coin after inspecting it.
The rim has small "s" markings in all 360 degrees.
Someone or something was taking this coin to town with all the markings I see.
I don't think it was from the mint or its machines but maybe. who knows but doubt it.
I'll post a picture of the letters I was circling before the rim caught my attention.
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Majority of the rim markings are s's or 5's. Around 75% of it. D's are the next popular letter. Then I see a few T's, R's and 7's spotting up between the S and D's.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Whoa! Too much magnification causes Pareidolia if you are newer to searching using a scope. |
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Magnifying the bow tie area it may look like a letter but trust me - it isn't. There is no way that could happen with that small of a letter during the die making/minting process. If by chance it was a dropped letter then it would be the same size as the lettering on the coin.  EDIT: Added op picture to show the area of the bow tie....  Edited by Marv65
12/20/2024 12:58 am
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to CCF. I don't see anything special on this coin except for the big hit on the cheek. |
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The internet has a lot of people thinking the same way. None of these are actual coin errors but Pareidolia over regular imperfections that have been on coins forever. When people start to see the macro world they find all sorts of things like this.  If you want to find things the hobby values, you need to know what the hobby values first. Otherwise it's like trying to catch a trout without knowing anything about what it is, where a trout lives, what it eats, how to operate the equpment needed to catch one etc. Cins are no different despite the ever present misinformation online making people think anything odd looking has value to the hobby. A good way to start is, for instance, get a box of penny rolls from the bank and separate the coins by date and mint mark. Go to varietyvista.com and, date by date, use the reference there to see what errors are known for that specific coin/mint mark. Look for those specific errors/varieties using the pictures provided. After doing this for awhile you will KNOW what an actual error looks like and not have to waste time on face value and damaged coins. :)
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2Edited by Earle42
12/20/2024 3:43 pm
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