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Here it is  |
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I moved your thread to the correct section for Lincoln Cents. Can't tell if the date took a hit or possibly that's Machine Doubling. Can you get a clear closeup of the date? |
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Thank you guys.I will try to take a better picture tonight.
I don't think the date took a hit as the doubling is also on the bottom of the date and on top of R and E on LIBERTY.
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The bottoms of the date maybe just die wear. This was common on the 40's-50's wheat cents. They over used the dies and the dies show extreme die wear:  Keep in mind the coin in the image I posted is a BU coin. The devices all over the coin are weak, die cracks, weak wheat ears, the lower right devices looking like doubling (Which was called then the so called "poor mans doubled die" which is just die wear.  |
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Here are some close ups of the date.As you can see the doubling is on top and bottom left of the date.Northwest?   |
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I know very little about coins and even less about error
coins all though I have a few of them.Does that mean it's
not worth anything?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yes it is machine damage to the devices that was caused by the strike. It is very common and the die that struck the coin was a normal die, the strike was the problem. So it is not a doubled die.
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Thank you all for the feedback.I appreciate it. If you don't mind I'm going to post some more error coins cause I want to learn more about them. Thanks again.  |
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Please keep them one per thread. It makes them easier to find in a search.
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Machine doubling is very common so it has no special value. I'd be willing to wager there's more than a few collectors on ebay that would prove you wrong. Also...you can't "has no" of anything.  |
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The people who buy them now, regret it when they try to sell them and realize they are common. I'd rather not have someone mad at me because I sold them something common. That is the way I feel about it.
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...people who buy them now, regret it... Buyer's remorse is a sinking feeling of which higher numismatic instruction can often assist one from being taken to the cleaners.  Stating the obvious sometimes helps to remind us of our gift of being able to read, comprehend, and 'skillfully' conclude. |
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