Greenstang

I would also like to disagree. After looking at the closeup photos, I see no sign of metal displacement from being damaged and am more sure than not that this is a genuine error. I guess the only way to tell for sure would be to send it to a TPG to get verified. If it is truly an incomplete clip, it would be worth it.

What is the weight? The only experimental cent in 1974 was an aluminum one which would be very light and non magnetic. It is probably a cent that has been nickel plated which would account for it being magnetic, maybe a high school experiment. We see these on the Forum quite often.

Seeing it is not a coin and not gold, there would be no numismatic value to it.

Welcome to the Forum- Please state what your question is and show a clear picture of both sides of the coin so we can diagnose it.

Welcome to the Forum- That looks more like some sort of medallion than a coin that has been made for a piece of jewellery. Also if you are trying to sell it, please read the instructions for selling at the top of this Forum under " Coin Marketplace Guidelines"

ItLooks like a struck through, don't see any sign of displaced metal indicating a hit.

Looks like part of it is missing so that would be a delamination. Nice find

What year is that cent Greg? There are some years that all the coins have thick lettering.

It looks to me like an incomplete clip which would be a planchet error, not a mint error. My only concern is that is if it genuine or made on purpose to make it look like an error. On the Obverse the clip does not go over the edge of the coin plus the thickness in some areas. Perhaps someone can verify it either way.

Welcome to the Forum- That is called a counterstamp. Someone for some reason had stamped the coin after it left the mint.

Never heard of coin virus but I do know that coins can tone after being encapsulated. I have a silver coin that started off with a nice gold tone that is now almost black so if there is any sign of toning on the coin when graded it can continue to tone in the holder. This is something no TPG can control and has nothing to do with "some thing inside the graded sealed case".

I'm leaning towards it being a scratch as opposed to a crack. That is not the location you would normally find a crack and also there would be more than just this one out there. I'm sure that someone else would have noticed it by now and questioned it.

Yes it is. Eventually the bubbles will expand and break exposing the zinc core then corrosion will set in.

Much better photos. Easy to see that it is environmental damage, not missing the clad.

InIs the mark raised or incuse? If it is incuse then it is a scratch.

Welcome to the Forum Looks to me like it is just a stain. PS- When posting, please crop and show both sides of the coin.

You have partially described what a Rim Fin or Finning as some call it. It is a thin flange of the metal that extends over the edge of the coin usually caused by excessive striking pressure which causes the metal to squeeze out of the thin gap between the die neck and the collar. Once these have been put into circulation, the fin gets folded over the rim. Not much value once they have been folded over but if you can find one that isn't folded, then you would have one with some value. Nice photos showing where it is folded over.

Looks to me like it is a rim fin that has been folded over.

Good one. You almost had me believing that we had another newbie with his made up coin description until I saw your name and amount of posts. It does look like it could have come out of a fire though.

Welcome to the Forum- 1922 is not what is considered really old in the world of coins. If you want someone to evaluate it, you are going to have to show us a clear picture of both sides but from your description it sounds like it is not worth much over bullion.

Welcome to the Forum- We see many like this on the Forum. The dealer was right, it is just environmental damage, possibly from being buried. It certainly didn't leave the mint looking like that. The reason he didn't look at it very long is that anyone knowledgeable with coins would be able to spot the problem immediately.

It has some value, it's worth five cents.

Those experimental rinses that Mike Byers show are blank planchets, how come yours has Eisenhower on it?

Not a capped die and not a clipped planchet but I do wonder where you get these imaginative descriptions from on some of the coins you post.

IWelcome to the Forum- The only ones that I would send of to be graded would be the three gold coins. Unless a coin is worth over $150.00, it is not worth having graded. The two $5.00 contain 8.24 grams of gold and the $10.00 contains16.9 grams so there is over an ounce of gold in them. The Morgan's each contain 26.73 grams of silver so they are worth at least that in bullion. To see if they would have any numismatic value, a clear cropped photo of both sides would be required as condition and the mint mark are important to the actual value. The Eisenhower dollars are 40% silver so there is bullion value to them. Taking them to a coin dealer would be the quickest way of selling them but you would only get about 50% of the value as they have to make a profit also. I'm sure others will reply with their own ideas but this will give you a starting point.