Coin Community Family of Web Sites Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors
Vancouvers #1 Coin and Paper Money Dealer 300,000 items to help build your collection! Royal Canadian Mint products, Canadian, Polish, American, and world coins and banknotes. Specializing in Modern Numismatics Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors Royal Estate Auctions - $1 Coin AuctionsCoin, Banknote and Medal Collectors's Online Mall








Username:
Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?


This page may contain links that result in small commissions to keep this free site up and running.

Welcome Guest! Registering and/or logging in will remove the anchor (bottom) ads. It's Free!

1952 S Lincoln Wheat Penny-Strike Through Reverse?

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.
First Page  Showing last 15 replies.
Author Previous TopicReplies: 17 / Views: 5,179Next Topic Page 2 of 2
Pillar of the Community
United States
2156 Posts
 Posted 09/10/2021  4:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add QuarterHoarder72 to your friends list
I personally think this is a struck through error. Looks good to me.
Pillar of the Community
Learn More...
United States
7174 Posts
 Posted 09/10/2021  5:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cujohn to your friends list
It's a strike through. No damage at all to the head.
Pillar of the Community
United States
1204 Posts
 Posted 09/10/2021  5:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sheldius to your friends list
Looks like a nice strike through to me as well. PMD that large would cause a bump on the obverse side where the object impacted.
Valued Member
United States
354 Posts
 Posted 09/10/2021  5:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sirguardian to your friends list
I don't agree on the struck through. The edges are not definitive and it shows metal moving in one direction. I'm no expert but please convince me of your view.
Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts
 Posted 09/10/2021  6:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
Most times the strike through is pieces of copper/wire/staples/other foreign objects.
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?

But on this one it looks like a combo of grease and string/threads/fibers. It accumulated into a ball and was struck through on this coin. The clue? Note the outside edge of the incuse mark? See the outside lines there? That is something that accumulated, and they was struck into the coin. The weight sill be normal (or close to considering coin wear) On a struck through first suggestions, the marks on the outside edges are definite.
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?

CoopHome: Are there different types of items stuck through errors? Hard items, soft items?
Edited by coop
09/10/2021 7:19 pm
Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts
 Posted 09/10/2021  6:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add silverwolf to your friends list
looks struck thru to me.
Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts
 Posted 09/10/2021  7:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jacrispies to your friends list
Strikethrough. Good find!
Suffering from bust half fever.
Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955
Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves.
Pillar of the Community
United States
2869 Posts
 Posted 09/10/2021  7:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Oldfordman to your friends list
Strike through.
Moderator
Learn More...
United States
34428 Posts
 Posted 09/10/2021  8:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list
I'd be interested to know the weight of this piece. Can you please add that to this thread @rosa? 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
Pillar of the Community
Learn More...
United States
8787 Posts
 Posted 09/10/2021  9:19 pm  Show Profile   Check -makecents-'s eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add -makecents- to your friends list
Rosalita, I'm in the PSD, damage camp. I think Bumpkin laid it out well and this is nothing more than someone messing with a cent. There is too much material spread out, all around the area in question, not like a clean, defined, struckthrough. My first thought was a wood burning tool or soldering iron but most don't get hot enough to melt copper. We could guess forever about how but I do think it was a combo of heat and force. The red arrow is pointed at the force and all the yellow ones at the displacement from heat and force. Just my take on it.

1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?
-makecents-
Pillar of the Community
United States
509 Posts
 Posted 09/11/2021  02:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bumpkin to your friends list
Thank you -makecents- regarding your comment and your nice close-up pic and description with the arrows to describe what I am talking about. It appears a lot of folks have jumped on the "strike through" wagon and I am not sure why. With all due respect, for those of you that think this is a strike through, what exactly would this Cent have been 'struck through'? A strike through does not exhibit such exorbitant displacement of metal in the fashion that the op's coin shows here. Thank you in advance for any explanations or replies.
Pillar of the Community
United States
509 Posts
 Posted 09/11/2021  02:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bumpkin to your friends list
Here is the area of the obverse outward 'bulge' which is very apparent. You can compare the op's coin with that of any normal Lincoln Cent profile and see that there is very noticeable distention on the side of Linc's head (in the op's pic).
1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?

My best guess is that this Linc got pelted with a Red Ryder Daisy BB gun on the reverse.....
Edited by Bumpkin
09/11/2021 03:02 am
Valued Member
United States
96 Posts
 Posted 09/11/2021  11:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Rosalita to your friends list
The weight of this penny is 3.11 grams. Here is another photo of the side view of the obverse of the penny. Lincoln's head looks quite normal to me with no outward bulge.

1952-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Strike-Through-Reverse?

Valued Member
United States
305 Posts
 Posted 09/12/2021  07:38 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TwistedTrader to your friends list
Rosalita I'm in the PMD camp. The yellow arrows do it for me.

Coop Great picks, especially the spring.
Moderator
Learn More...
United States
97511 Posts
Page 2 of 2   Previous TopicReplies: 17 / Views: 5,179Next Topic Page 2 of 2
First Page  Showing last 15 replies.
To participate in the forum you must log in or register.


    




Disclaimer: While a tremendous amount of effort goes into ensuring the accuracy of the information contained in this site, Coin Community assumes no liability for errors. Copyright 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Family- all rights reserved worldwide. Use of any images or content on this website without prior written permission of Coin Community or the original lender is strictly prohibited.
Contact Us  |  Advertise Here  |  Privacy Policy / Terms of Use

Coin Community Forum © 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Forums
It took 0.37 seconds to rattle this change. Forums