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1960 D Lincoln Memorial Cent With Very Interesting Reverse

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 Posted 05/11/2010  10:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Indian1 to your friends list
Something odd on that reverse. I keep looking at it.
Maybe now a Jefferson nickel reverse ? Would have to look
at maybe lewis and clark expo ? I also see a treeline above.
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 Posted 05/11/2010  10:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tiege to your friends list
I see 2 memorials...one in regular position and one angled from 7 to 4 oclock
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 Posted 05/11/2010  10:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tiege to your friends list
make that 3 ... and one from 8 to 3 oclock area
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 Posted 05/12/2010  6:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add copper nickel daddy to your friends list
My 1959 is 3.1 grams, the weight that it should be.
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 Posted 05/13/2010  06:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Morgans Dad to your friends list
I believe if you look real good, there are at least 4 possibly 5 faint imprints of the reverse Memorial!!! Or something that resembles it?
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 Posted 05/13/2010  08:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikediamond to your friends list
I see nothing of the sort. You're the victims of overactive imaginations.
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 Posted 05/13/2010  08:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add copper nickel daddy to your friends list
There are no major shows coming to this area in the near future, and I'd love to have this (the 1959) analyzed by somebody that knows a lot more than me! Is there anybody that I can send this to for them to inspect it and give me a better idea of what has happened to it? Would love to know; thanks!
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 Posted 05/13/2010  08:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikediamond to your friends list
Since the weight on the 1959 cent is normal, what you have is an in-collar uniface strike in which a normal planchet (your coin) was struck against a split-before-strike planchet. The striated face of the latter left impressions of those striations against the reverse face of your coin. Because the bottom planchet was thin, a raised ghost image of the Memorial was left on the reverse face of your coin.
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05/13/2010 08:31 am
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 Posted 05/13/2010  08:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jim1953 to your friends list
Looks like the Coors Lite Train to me.

Weight on the other coin, please.
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 Posted 05/13/2010  12:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stewart to your friends list
Finally got my hands on a small set of scales
The 60-D Weighs out at 3.1 Grams
Hope this helps

Terry

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 Posted 05/13/2010  1:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add livingdinasaur to your friends list
I respect Mike's opinion, always, but he hasn't made it known,yet, so I'll venture mine: Struck thru a shop rag. It looks like the threads alonf the top of the memorial building. I could be wrong, (again).
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 Posted 05/13/2010  5:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add copper nickel daddy to your friends list
Thanks Mike for the opinion; as always I appreciate it!
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 Posted 05/13/2010  7:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikediamond to your friends list
Since Stewart's coin also wieghs the same as a normal cent, the diagnosis is the same -- an in-collar uniface strike against a split planchet (striated side of the latter pointing toward the obverse die). I've seen many of these kinds of errors over the years, both top and bottom coins.
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 Posted 05/14/2010  3:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stewart to your friends list
MikeDiamond,

Thank You for your observations. That had me completely stumped

Now I am wondering How I am going to get all of that on a 2X2

Again Thanks

Terry
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 Posted 05/15/2010  4:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add livingdinasaur to your friends list
You might write it on a small label, take a picture of it, and zoom out. Then crop it to fit the 2X2.
Dick
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