1985 Lincoln Memorial Cent / LMC Off Center

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rocktowngal Pillar of the Community United States 594 Posts	Posted 06/19/2012 6:44 pm Would this be considered off center? Even though its only a little bit. Report this Post to the Staff

ErrorCoins222 Pillar of the Community United States 1699 Posts	Posted 06/19/2012 7:38 pm IMO I would not consider it off center. A good measure, and the same used for misaligned dies, is if there is any design missing it could be considered an error. This one looks to be within tolerance. Report this Post to the Staff
Maineman750 Pillar of the Community United States 3592 Posts	Posted 06/19/2012 10:01 pm You need pics of the obverse and reverse to differentiate between off-center or misaligned dies...but as already stated, this is not extreme enough to be considered abnormal. Report this Post to the Staff
Indian1 Pillar of the Community United States 3640 Posts	Posted 06/19/2012 10:46 pm Some info in the event that some may want to know the difference between the two. In an off-center strike the planchet is incorrectly inserted into the striking chamber so that only part of the coin makes contact with the dies. On this type of error both sides will be off-center to the same degree. In other words, if the obverse is 45 degrees off-center the reverse will be 45 degrees off-center. In a misaligned die strike one side will be off-center and one side will not be. It is the die and not the planchet that is out of place on a misaligned die strike as opposed to an off-center strike in which the planchet is out of place. Unless the reverse die can be out of place (if that is even possible) or even both dies out of place at the same time. Maybe these acronym's will help one remember more easily. MADD (An extra D added to MAD) Mis-Aligned-Die-Die OCP (P added to OC) Off-Center-Planchet And this coming from Mr. Acronym hater himself Report this Post to the Staff
rocktowngal Pillar of the Community United States 594 Posts	Posted 06/20/2012 06:16 am Indian thank you. The back of this coin is normal so this would be considered a misaligned die correct? I'm still learning and I appreciate your answer. Report this Post to the Staff
ErrorCoins222 Pillar of the Community United States 1699 Posts	Posted 06/20/2012 08:49 am Quote: The back of this coin is normal so this would be considered a misaligned die correct? Correct! A minor misaligned die, but still a misaligned die. Report this Post to the Staff
rocktowngal Pillar of the Community United States 594 Posts	Posted 06/20/2012 09:09 am ErrorCoins...thank you very much! Report this Post to the Staff
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1985 LMC Off Center