What The Heck Happened To My 2002 Lincoln Memorial Cent?

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seal006 Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 09/09/2014 10:05 pm Found this one roll searching this evening. I cannot figure out what hit it, or when it was struck. There is no cracking in the plating, which makes me fill this was done pre mint strike. Like the planchet was already damaged before the minting process. Then it appears that the devices are also damaged so, I just cannot figure it out. Any ideas? Report this Post to the Staff

seal006 Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 09/09/2014 11:42 pm No one has any thoughts? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/10/2014 12:10 am Appears to be damage. It pushed out the obverse. If it were a struck through, the obverse would not be affected. Report this Post to the Staff
seal006 Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 09/10/2014 12:24 am That is a very good point, but why is there no cracking in the plating. This is a rather large "damaged" area. I just do not see how the plating could be stretched that far without breaking. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/10/2014 01:07 am Possible parking lot cent? May have been ran over? Give it time, it will probably start to zinc rot later on in its life. Definitely not an occluded gas bubble. Those occur (rarely) in copper planchets. Yours is showing damage on the opposite side. http://www.error-ref.com/gas-bubbles/ Report this Post to the Staff
wheatchaser140 Pillar of the Community United States 2368 Posts	Posted 09/10/2014 06:42 am It took a huge hit. If it was a strike-through there wouldn't be a positive impression on the other side. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/10/2014 12:17 pm The hit is spread over a large area and there are no sharp or sudden bends in the metal. Copper is very malleable and would have no problem conforming to that distortion. You will notice that the plating rarely shows breaks or cracks from the impact and distortions caused by the striking of the coin. And when you do see spliting of he plating from the coin striking you will notice that it is at the sharp junctions of the field and the lettering. Report this Post to the Staff
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