1854 Penny Die Error?

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I have a 1854 penny, I know about the die error of the 4 over the 3, but I am fairly sure it isnt that.

If you look at the 4 in the image, the bottom right of it where I have marked it with the green O, it looks like a blob instead of a clear 4

is this a die error or just age taking its toll? Thanks in advance  :`

 
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looks like a die break
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
and now to sound like a newbie.... is that a good or bad thing?  z|

Thank you for the reply, very much appreciated.

edit : I just noticed the top of the 5 also has the same kind of thing.

just to add that this coin is graded as Aunc.

This is my coin





and this is what it is meant to look like so you have a comparison.

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I think the grade is a little bit less than aunc.
Special? I don't know. It will not influence the value much.
In the example you provided you can see that the A of Victoria is a little bit strange and that GRATIA has a double strike.
There are a lot of coins with unusual strikes in the periode before 1900.
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
Thanks for the reply.

There is no double strike that I can see, the plastic protection over the coin seems to be distorting the image slightly, I see what you mean about the A looking odd, that is down to a blurry part of the image, the A looks quite sharp to me, the first image you see "shine", but there is no shine at all on the coin. The coin under a 40x loupe shows no scratches at all, only the tiniest fraction of wear on the rim,1-2mm in diameter and extremely light, it can only be seen under a loupe, so I graded it
almost uncirculated due to only being able to see that one tiny mark

But I am no expert and the people here will outshine me in every way on the subject, especially grading coins, I can only hazard a guess at grading due to researching constantly online every day, with many "how to grade coins" articles. I would take anyone's advice here over my own, you are far more experienced than I am.

Maybe I should learn how to scan my coins so the image is clearer in the future.

Sadly I saw another 1854 coin for sale on ebay with an almost identical die break error on the 4, so it isnt unique and I would hazard a guess that there are many many more the same out there, especially as the one on ebay was very cheap but it did not sell when its auction time ran out. So that answers the question if it is more valuable.  8.

Thank you again for taking the time to respond.
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