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I have 8 coins all 2015 P Lincoln cents with the same mark on the reverse. It looks to be a die clash or something on the top left center of the shield. These are two of the best examples of the condition.   |
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As you can see they are in the same spot. The right most "mound" starts between the I and B in Pluribus if you draw a straight line up.
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Thanks SSK. At first I thought it was a dent or something, but when I came across 8 in the same spot I thought I should show people.
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I am no expert but I believe it is a die chip. This error/variety has been on the shield for the last two or three years, sometime one mark, sometimes two. Some of the newer pennies look like they have tried to correct the problem.
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Oh ok. I didn't know that. Thanks for the info. I do also notice that on these coins the shield rim has a lot of marks and scratches under the area in question.
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I am no expert but I believe it is a die chip. This error/variety has been on the shield for the last two or three years, sometime one mark, sometimes two. Some of the newer pennies look like they have tried to correct the problem. Not sure what you mean?  There are die chips on the sheild but that's a common occurrence. I think the OP is talking about the mounds above the shield, witch are most definitely not die chips. |
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Yes, the mounds are what I mean. I see now that those marks on the shield rim are die chips. It's those mound areas that I don't know what they are. There's light blue arrows pointing to the mound area in the pictures.
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Pillar of the Community
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I believe the mounds are a result of clash.
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Here are two more good examples. I think you could be right Ocala. The super magnified pic for one of them has two lines like a shoulder.   |
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I think it's actually the jacket lines near the middle from the front. The two jacket lines that almost curve and meet like the two lines in the picture do. Those jacket lines are center left of the bowtie. The one line is even with the date and straight down from the ear.
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I believe this may be where the clash is from.  |
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Crack along the top of the shield is pretty common for LSCs.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Die clashes exchange designs from the edges of the fields. Not the deeper devices on the die. So you usually see the outlines of the opposite die. No exchanges of the raised devices on the coin. The mark above the shield is part of a chipping of the die in that area. Usually they are rough, but it may have broken away clean. None add a premium for a coin.
This is the 6th year for the shield design. But the die cracks are a common issue. Because of the bust (shoulder) on the opposite side, this puts more pressure on the reverse die in that area.
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Oh I see. Thank you both for the information.
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Posted 12/13/2015 7:21 pm
