Philly8 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) Spoiler Edited January 1, 2020 by Philly8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenstang Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) Welcome to the Forum. Please explain what we are supposed to be looking at and show pictures of the whole coin. It is important to see everything and not just a portion of the coin. Please read the thread posted below yours on "what you need to know about posting coins for inquiry" Edited December 31, 2019 by Greenstang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philly8 Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 13 hours ago, Greenstang said: Welcome to the Forum. Please explain what we are supposed to be looking at and show pictures of the whole coin. It is important to see everything and not just a portion of the coin. Please read the thread posted below yours on "what you need to know about posting coins for inquiry" I add a photo. I've looked around and haven't seen anything similar. Usually the mint mark is over the top of another but this is to the left of it. Just curious to see if anybody has any info on what this could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coinbuf Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) Is what your seeing raised like the date or is it pushed into the coins surface? It looks like a die chip or retained cud at first glance but some more info would help Edited January 1, 2020 by Coinbuf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conder101 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Looks to me like a 1930 S cent with damage to the left of the mintmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philly8 Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Coinbuf said: Is what your seeing raised like the date or is it pushed into the coins surface? It looks like a die chip or retained cud at first glance but some more info would help It is definitely raised. I would have loved to got ahold of it in its prime. I found it in some coins I got from my grandfather years ago and finally looked through them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philly8 Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Philly8 said: It is definitely raised. I would have loved to got ahold of it in its prime. I found it in some coins I got from my grandfather years ago and finally looked through them. It looks like a backwards d when you look at it upside down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coinbuf Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Sometimes small bits of metal from the die break off and get deposited onto the coin, commonly called die chips; I'm very sure that is what you have here. If you look at the loop of the nine in the date it appears that there is another small chunk deposited there also; cool little anomalies but doesn't add any value to the coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenstang Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Still hard to tell from the photos but it looks like it may have taken a hit pushing the metal up. One thing for sure, it's not an extra MM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbbpll Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 I also think it took some hits that moved metal up. You can see ridges & gouges where something took out the left side of the S and then dug into the coin, raising metal to the left. The 0 in the date is similarly damaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...