What's The Deal With This Lincoln Cent

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ClinkinKY Valued Member United States 68 Posts	Posted 07/30/2011 04:02 am When I first saw this I just thought it was a coin that had been mangled in some way, but then noticed that the lower portion of the 1 in the date is not there. If this was just a coin that had been "abused" in some way then wouldn't there be traces of the bottom of the 1 Report this Post to the Staff

ikandiggit Pillar of the Community Canada 1166 Posts	Posted 07/30/2011 08:45 am Damage. Took a hit. The bottom of the "1" was sheared off. Edited by ikandiggit 07/30/2011 08:47 am Report this Post to the Staff
ClinkinKY Valued Member United States 68 Posts	Posted 07/31/2011 06:42 am Thanks for response ikandiggit. Wouldn't there be some kind of "scar" at least where it was sheared off? Report this Post to the Staff
ikandiggit Pillar of the Community Canada 1166 Posts	Posted 07/31/2011 07:31 am Copper is very soft. Also, it may have been Struck Through Grease originally which would account for the lack of the bottom of the "1". But as it stands, just a damaged coin. Report this Post to the Staff
ClinkinKY Valued Member United States 68 Posts	Posted 07/31/2011 07:35 am Thanks for the info. I'm pretty new to collecting and while I figured it was just a damaged coin, and not some "undiscovered error":) I was just curious as to how such a "shearing off" could be so "clean". Interesting stuff. Thanks again. Report this Post to the Staff
Jayman931 Pillar of the Community United States 2651 Posts	Posted 07/31/2011 10:33 am I would guess PMD...I'm fairly new as well...but the rim also looks like it was damaged also...maybe at the same time as the date... Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 07/31/2011 10:37 am Actually the one digit is full length - all the rest of the digits drop below the base line, thus they are all lower than the one. This coin is damaged - nothing else. Report this Post to the Staff
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