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I don't have this coin in hand but will try to post more descriptive data later. The coin does not appear to be copper and is not magnetic. It is aluminum color in appearance and seems to be lighter than a normal LWC (will try to get an accurate weight). Foreign planchet maybe? Has anyone heard of an early LWC struck on something other than a US copper cent planchet? As usual, thanks for all the expertise provided on the CCF     |
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That's cool .It doesn't look plated ,I guess the weight might tell something.  |
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To help rule out plating:
What does it look like by the damage on the reverse? Do you see any copper under? If the coin was plated before the damage copper should show through. I also see some brown spots on lincoln, is this something that has stuck to the coin or possibly copper showing beneath plating?
Weight will be very helpful once you get that
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Edited by coop
02/22/2016 12:50 am
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Coop , that's very nice photos of 1916 coinage ,but what does it have to do with OP'S 16-D Lincoln ? |
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There was a weakness on the devices of the coin. Probably from coin circulation.
But beings that was a special year for coins, I thought I would mention it. (Not many know that happened that year)
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I see a Lincoln Cent that has been harshly cleaned(abrasively and chemically). Edited by biokemist6
02/22/2016 12:36 pm
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Weight would help, but I think the chances of it being (especially from the Denver mint) anything other than a mistreated or acid etched cent is really close to zero.
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While the US Mint did produce coins for a number of foreign countries in 1916, none of them match or approach the weight of this specimen and none of the coins were struck at the Denver Mint. That doesn't necessarily rule out an authentic off-metal error; there are many unexplained "orphan" off-metal errors that have emerged from the Mint. This coin would have to be submitted to a grading service for evaluation.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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02/26/2016 08:25 am
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I do not think it is a foreign planchet. I searched a data base for something similar, and found nothing. In addition, very few foreign coins were struck in Denver. Most were in Philadelphia, with a preponderance of Philippines at San Francisco.
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Science experiment,  |
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I don't understand how the damage occurred . Doesn't look like normal damage. It reminds me of something but I can't place it. Going to follow this post to see if it is ever answered . You may end up having to send it off.
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