reverse: die clash above date and under leaf
1953 1 cent errors
1953 1 cent errors
After finding so many 1951 and 1952 pennies with errors, I would have been suprised not to find at least one '53 with a flaw. First, a typical chin-and-neck/nape-of-neck die clash marked coin
reverse: die clash above date and under leaf
reverse: die clash above date and under leaf
1953 #3
Finally, a coin produced from a die near the end of its life cycle. Die clash, chips, dots, cracks and all-round surface damage probably caused by fatigue failure. Maybe one of the experts here can explain this manifestation of radiating lines toward the rim. Cheers
reverse: die clash above date and below leaf; various die pits and chips on and around date
die cracks starting at two leaf points; die erosion of incuse surface from 8 o'clock to 1 o'clock; die clash under 1; dots under CE and vicinity
reverse: die clash above date and below leaf; various die pits and chips on and around date
die cracks starting at two leaf points; die erosion of incuse surface from 8 o'clock to 1 o'clock; die clash under 1; dots under CE and vicinity
Re: 1953 #3
Correction to my last: die erosion from 8 to 12 o'clock, no die clash below 1 (lumpy surface but it doesn't exactly correspond to the obverse), small die chip(s) above C in CANADA.