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oh no wasn't try to match at all just using as reference to see if I stating to understand what to look for
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You shouldn't have deleted the original post, this is a great thread for everyone to learn and compare notes. I agree @numi. Looks like the OP re-posted images of their coin, so I'm going to combine the two threads. @lit, for next time, please keep up your old pics and threads as other folks can learn from them too. Also, please don't start more than one thread for a single coin. Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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um no its actually 2 sep coins one from earlier with no circle and 2nd I think it had the circle so I was trying to confirm it had some sort of circle and I was on the correct path   |
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u bet but again totally separate coins
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Ok yikes I've made things worse then. Sorry about that @lit!
Here is a separate thread for your second coin. To help us out in the future, if you are going to be posting two or more coins with the same date/mint/denomination, please label them as #1, #2, etc. I've modified the title a bit to get it across that there are two different coins and help others avoid the same confusion that I had.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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yea first coin was just a mess and had to go read and learn what actually to look for vs matching markings so I then came across this and posted to make sure I am heading in correct direction. and Have a few more to go through and will not post anymore. sorry for the confusion
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No worries @lit! The fault is largely mine on this one. I hope that you continue to post your questions here.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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no worries early going was so hopefully for and went in the pooper. But did get ahold of copper coins and emailed some photos to them to review the mint mark. so keeping my fingers crossed
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sorry you are having these issues littlemg.
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hahaha no issues just heart broken moving on. I think I still have another 40-60 1919 to look through
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Your second to last image seems to show some flakes (metal?) coming off the coin. (Some still look to be there.)
FWIW- After WWI (1917, 1918, & 1919) the mint went into overdrive producing cents for commerce. They overused many of the dies and I've heard stories of some freshly minted coins looking almost "slick", like they had already been in circulation for decades.
Occasionally, when punching the MM onto the dies, metal was displaced and can cause a slight "hump" near the MM on the die. When the die strikes the coin, this "hump" can show up as a slight depression on the coin. The more circulation a coin has, the darker the depression seems to become and a little more noticeable.
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where can I find that article. As I think I need to learn more on the minting process and what can and cannot happen
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One thing that might help is that the only thing that has to match exactly is the MM position. That's the first thing to find. After that, markers are just to confirm the variety. Markers can change but the MM position always stays the same.
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cuJohn so good to know!! and what is confusing is the MDS vs LDS but trying to read and understand why the diff from one to the other.
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