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| 1955 D Lincoln Wheat Weighing In At 1.21 Grams
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Chase007
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 Posted Yesterday 11:31 am
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Need to see the edge.
On a split planchet usually one side of the coin will be distorted, given your example here it maybe the result of an Acid dipped coin.
The blank area below the OF AMERICA is most likely where the coin was held with a tweezers when it was dipped.
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| 2021 D Lincoln Shield Cent-New DDR?
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Chase007
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Posted 04/14/2025 9:55 pm
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I believe the doubling seen here are most likely caused by die deterioration, as no enlargment of devices is present.
Here is a great read on doubled dies classification by CONECA (THE 9 CLASSES OF DOUBLED DIES) including single squeeze doubled die.
https://conecaonline.org/the-9-clas...oubled-dies/
And another useful referrence by error-ref
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CLASS IX - SHIFTED HUB DOUBLING:
"This form of doubling happens when a slightly misaligned (tilted) die "pops" into position under the constant pressure of the hub and its thousands of pounds of force." ¹
"It is most often characterized by a slippage of the design, in a cardinal direction - much like the Class IV offset hub doubling. It most often affects centrally located design elements. The main difference, with respect to causation, is that the design is never "picked up" off the die during the hubbing. Rather, it suddenly "slides" into place creating doubling in the design." ¹
Once more there are some differences of opinions among the variety experts. John Wexler writes," Class IX. God Only Knows - This class of doubling is for those doubled dies that are simply unexplained. It is for those extremely few doubled dies that defy logic and common sense. It is where the physical evidence does not support a reasonable conclusion on how the working die was hubbed to produce the secondary image."
Those files that have the Class IX use it for listings of doubled dies that were made by the single squeeze hubbing system. However, this presents a problem for there is a grey area when the U.S. Mint used both the single squeeze and multiple hubbings to make dies. This transitional period extends from before 1986 (the first year that the U.S. Mint reported using the single squeeze hubbing system) to 1997 (when the single-squeeze hubbing was finally and fully implemented at both the Denver and Philadelphia mints for all denominations). This time span contains a lot of doubled dies that cannot be confidently assigned to one or the other hubbing system.
Again, there are some listings in the Class IX doubled dies that contain files for trail dies(wavy steps). We feel that this is incorrect and that trail dies, including what is called wavy steps, are not doubled dies, but a different type of anomaly.
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| 1881 S Morgan DMPL Ins Certification Company Another Worthless Grading Company?
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Chase007
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Posted 04/13/2025 10:53 am
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INS was one of the very first TPGs, operating from the 1970s - early 1990s. I wouldn't put much stock in the grade,
Exactly. This TPG also became popular due to their mostly graded Uncirculated coins designated at MS-65 and higher ( in most cases , not accurate but pleasing to the coins owners) they had a pretty profitable business and yet during those time the grading standards at most of these TPG's were not as high as it is today.... |
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| 2023 P Quarter Planchet Error
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Chase007
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Posted 04/13/2025 10:36 am
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Although your pictures are not very clear but from what can be seen it looks like a series of scratches throughout the area in question, in my opinion it is a damaged coin.
BTW,  to the Community. |
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| Plating Surface Corrugation
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Chase007
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United States
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Posted 04/06/2025 11:18 am
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| Although your information is interesting the bottom line is that the Copper plated Zinc core Cent was a disaster from the get go and a big failiour for the Numismatic Community and collectors,might as well US mint eliminate the production of Cents permanently. |
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good one.
