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Valued Member
United States
232 Posts |
found this 1995 LMC yesterday and I cant figure out what is up with it, at first I thought it was PMD but it looks too perfect. Any ideas?   |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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It doesn't look like PMD to me, you can still see the outline of where lincoln's face should be. All the other details are there but just scrunched up It's just too weird to be PMD |
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Valued Member
 United States
232 Posts |
thats what I was thinking Any Ideas on why its like that?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Damaged. The coin was not struck like that. That would be impossible.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4897 Posts |
If I had to wager. I would say it was melted somehow?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1796 Posts |
Given the rim damage, it appears that Mr. Lincoln was crammed face-first through a very solid slot that was one size too thin.
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Valued Member
United States
232 Posts |
if that were true wouldnt you see scraping? and that doesn't explain the outline. And theres no way it could have been melted, in the depresion every thing is still well defined. I've never see anything quit like it
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
232 Posts |
you think that could be done with a laser?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4897 Posts |
I dunno... the black in areas made me think it was done by excessive heat and the accuracy of the damage made me think laser. But I really have no idea!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2738 Posts |
Although its appearance is unfamiliar, I would think it's a case of post-strike damage. It's clearly not "slide doubling" (a subcategory of Machine Doubling), in which a hammer die shifts laterally after reaching the lowest point of its downstroke, smearing the design. Since there is no other known cause of design smearing, I've gotta go with post-strike damage. However, I'd be happy to inspect it more closely for you, just to rule out the tiniest possibility that it's a genuine, novel error. Error coin writer and researcher.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
883 Posts |
It would be interesting to see the reverse - any odd things there?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Looks like Lincoln was chasing parked cars. LOL
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Posted 01/20/2012 6:33 pm
