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Moderator
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Seems to have a pattern? Struck through some type of clothe? John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I was thinking the same as John1, that maybe its struck through cloth?  |
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I'll vote for struck through something (cloth or what ever) the coin still has its proto rim and was not fully formed during the strike. So, I'll say Mint Employee generated error.
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Valued Member
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Maybe they accidentally struck it with a cloth cover on one of the dies?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Cloth has a lot stronger pattern:  Also the rim is stronger on the Struck through cloth:  I feel this is a struck though a late stage die cap. Not a die cap as it would be distorted into a different shape:  Struck through a capped die. |
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Coop, How do you account for the pattern look? John1 |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice find! Looks struck through to me also.
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Pillar of the Community
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If this it is the really color of the coin, I will say tinny planchet -0.1 grams less and improper mix of alloy, given more bronze color. Then I will say struck through a late caped die. The patterns I see are symmetric and due to the well know that in the mint they use cotton cheese tissue for clean the dies will be not a surprise for me to add also this hypotheses.
About the color to be clear for all's. In that time the alloy was 95% CU and 5% zinc and tin. Improper mix planchets give bronze if more tin was present instead of the cooper alloy derivate. This happened more on the begin of the roll.
Edited by silviosi
01/13/2022 5:30 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good eye!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Quoted from error-ref.com; Quote:
Definition: A coin struck through a late-stage die cap will show a strong "ghost image" of the raised design (see Die Cap). Most such errors involve die caps affixed to the hammer die, so we'll focus on those. https://www.error-ref.com/struck_th...%20planchets. Lincoln Cent resource has the same info: http://www.lincolncentresource.com/...Die_Cap.htmlSo according to error-ref, it cannot be a late stage die cap, because the design is not present at all. I still think it was struck through a fine woven linen due to the hash marks on the surface. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I was asked for my opinion. I suspect the obverse was struck through an early-stage uniface die cap that started out as a split planchet. The striated surface became the working face of the die cap and transferred its texture to the planchet represented by this coin. Since so little of Lincoln's bust has bled through, I'm guessing this is the second or third coin struck by this die cap.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Pillar of the Community
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thanks for explanation Mike. I think you impress us another one more time. We was far from what it is. Thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
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@mikediamond, your expert opinion and providing us with new learning tools is always appreciated.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks Mike. Always glad to hear you opinion.  Edited by coop
01/14/2022 11:52 am
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