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Speared O Penny?

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 Posted 06/20/2007  11:55 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add alkoz to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
While roll hunting on Monday I came across this odd penny.It is not a scratch, it is like rays in the memorial and through the O in one cent and partially on the N.Is this a new rare error, or a one of a kind?The date is 1998P.Any help appreciated. matt.
Speared-O-Penny??
Speared-O-Penny??
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 Posted 06/20/2007  1:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add thingee to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's a cool looking cent. I think the 'the speared O' is gas captured underneath and not a die break. The line appears rounded and not sharp. That's only my opinion.
The marks in the Lincoln Memorial appears to be a die clash. Again only my opinion. I hope other members give their opinions of this because they would most likely be able to give better detailed information.
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 Posted 06/20/2007  1:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tcekolin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have seen a number of pennies with similar issues, though none of mine have been quite this cool, and I have been attributing them to gas. I have saved a couple of my more interesting finds, but I mostly return them back into circulation now.
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 Posted 06/20/2007  3:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add garylcsr to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
it is a die gouge. it was during the tooling process or some other time that it got there but it is a definite gouge.
hope that helped
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 Posted 06/20/2007  5:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add thingee to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Could you explain what a die gouge is?
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 Posted 06/20/2007  6:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add garylcsr to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
a scratch on the die. either from dropping the die or the tool moved to much. Chuck could explain it better but that is the easiest way to explain it.
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 Posted 06/20/2007  11:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coppercoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm not completely sure what causes this particular type of die gouge, but they do happen and don't bring any premium value. I have seen them on Lincoln cents dated as early as 1938. Gary was correct in that it is some sort of machining or tooling problem that scraped out part of the surface of the die, but how and why I don't know.
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 Posted 06/21/2007  03:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Parklane64 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Welcome, oh photo wizard!
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