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1977 Lincoln Cent Identification Term

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 Posted 02/28/2025  2:26 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Gigi2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Is this an out-of-collar strike? If so, what is the correct term? Thanks.

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 Posted 02/28/2025  3:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MisterT to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That would be a misaligned obverse die (M.A.D.). Notice how only the obverse is misaligned and the reverse isn't.
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 Posted 02/28/2025  3:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's called a Misaligned Die.
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 Posted 02/28/2025  8:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Gigi2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
ibuck, Errers, and Mister T,
Thanks always for your help.
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 Posted 02/28/2025  8:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@gigi, normally we advise folks that it is only once the letters start to fall off the edge that there is an added premium to a MAD. You could keep this one until a more extreme example comes your way.
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a MAD strike for sure, but can you provide an edge on photo to see where you thin it is out of collar?
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Dearborn,
The only thing I noticed is that the planchet is a wee bit thinner in one area than the rest. I hope these pics are what you meant.
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