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I have not seen this one before and was wondering what may have caused it. The obverse outer layer does not reach the edge and, strangely, it is uniform all around the coin. It is not PMD as you can see a die crack run N-S through Lincoln's head all the way to the rim. The reverse of the coin is perfectly normal. All opinions are welcomed and appreciated, thanks.    Edited by Sudz
07/04/2013 12:55 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The planchets are plated before pressing. It looks like the plating split when the metal was forced into the rim.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have seen that, of course, many times from the tops or bottoms of outer devices. I have never seen it uniformly around the entire coin. Is this common? Does it have name other than plating split, like "Full Outer Plating Split" or something along those lines?  It's a cool looking coin either way. Edited by Sudz
07/04/2013 2:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Might of gotten caught in the rolling machine.
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Valued Member
United States
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very common.. some with the slitting around the letters and such
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm gonna guess (and it really is just a guess) its PMD just because the rim is affected and not just the field. Is the top of the "O" and "D" in GOD sheared off or untouched? Can't tell in the picture? Either way its interesting |
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Pillar of the Community
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The O and the D are intact and untouched as is the die crack that runs to the rim. I feel that is must be some kind of plating split but it just doesn't look like your typical plating split that you see all the time between the outer devices and the rim. It is universally wide all the way around the obverse. I, too, think it's kinda cool looking.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The distance from the tops of the letters to the rim seems unusually large. Is there a chance this is a partial collar strike? It almost looks like the coin has "spread" outward too much spilitting the plating all the way around. Something you might see on a partial collar or a centered broadstrike.
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Quote:I'm gonna guess (and it really is just a guess) its PMD just because the rim is affected and not just the field I don't believe this happened outside the mint and IMO it looks like the split plating is the result of metal flow upon impact (with a bit higher pressure then the norm), again, just my opinion. Edited by Broken-Coin
07/09/2013 11:26 am
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Posted 07/04/2013 2:39 pm
