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Lincoln Memorial Cent Error?

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 Posted 12/09/2007  10:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Knowledge is a powerful weapon. This coin sold on ebay and I asked the seller if I could use his image as a vice Squeezed Cent. He didn't reply. Coin sold for big bucks. Why did I call this coin a vise squeezed coin?
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 Posted 12/10/2007  08:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jim1953 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wrong, Metalman made a great point. You are working very hard looking at coins and find many things that can go on with them. Understanding them becomes much easier if you study the minting process. Knowing what step is 1st, 2nd and so on really helps understand what is plausible and what is not. There are many books on the subject and I suspect that if you Goggle it there is a ton of info on the net. Many of the answers you have received and that have frustrated you efforts are analysis based on the understanding of how a coin is made. I know that once I had studied it, the light went on.

As far as who to count on, I find most anyone here that puts forth thought has some basis of information. When it comes to cents, which you seem to like, and this list is by no means all inclusive, people like coop, foundinrolls, coppercoins, superdave, metalman, bobby131313131313 (can't ever how many 13s there are) are rock solid. I hope I have not hurt anyones feels by not getting them on the list, I just grabbed the ones that I lean on when I need help.

Anyway, keep firing out the pics, I love looking at them.
Jim
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 Posted 12/11/2007  11:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add foundinrolls to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This coin was made by hitting it with a hammer. It is possible that a washer was used and not another coin. That would account for the portion of Lincoln's head that appears to be untouched and inside a circular area.

I think that what your dealer was trying to explain although incorrectly about this coin is that it may have gotten hit by another coin that was stuck to the hammer die (the obverse die)and that this coin might have been struck through another coin while this coin was not properly ejected.

That would be erroneous.

This coin screams "tampered with outside the Mint"

To make one just like it, take a coin and lay it on a 2X4. Take another coin (or washer) and set it on top of the first coin but slightly off center. Then take a whack at it with a hammer. Use safety glasses because there is a chance that the coins are going to fly. The result will look just like this coin.

Thanks,
Bill
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