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*** Edited by Staff to remove YELLING. All capital letters is the internet version of yelling. Please don't do it in titles or posts. ***Hello coin community ... Well I decided go ahead and make one last post to my new and wonderful coin community family because I believe that I have found not one but TWO VERY UNIQUE AND VERY RARE ONE OF A KIND ERROR COINS ... The first coin I have is a 1960 Lincoln Cent that looks like it was involved in a very bad ROCKWELL HARDNESS TEST that went horribly wrong . And the reason I say this is because it has a very big ball of coin-matter that has rolled down HALF of the entire last pillar on the reverse on the coin ... In fact I even I read somewhere that these coins are extremely rare and almost impossible to find since they WERE NOT intended for circulation ... But anyway moving right along ... The second coin I have is a beautiful 2008-D Lincoln Cent with what looks like a spear going through lincolns chest and I'm sure that everyone in the coin community already knows about the 2005-D Buffalo nickel that has a spear going through it ... So could anyone give me a clue as to what two RARE COINS of this kind might be worth .... Thanks !     
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I cant speak for the rockwell cent mostly because you dont have any photos of it, I can tell you that your 2008 D lincoln exhibits that spike most likely due to a gas bubble under the copper plating, if you were to poke it with a q-tip you'll probably be able to squash it.
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06/25/2017 04:59 am
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 to CCF. The 08 cent looks like a linear gas trail bubble,no added value. The 60 cent on column 12 looks like a die chip,common. No added value. Sorry. John1  |
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P.s. Oh and by the way for those of you who are probably wondering ... I took the photos using my laptop and T.V. On a USB DIGITAL MICROSCOPE CAMERA FOR GREATER DETAIL ... But please excuse the grainy looking images because I'm still fairly new at this so please bare with me . LOL  |
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sorry your not get rich off of these
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Thanks for the welcome and reply john1 ... And to any other coin expert in the coin community your Opinions and suggestions on these two coins are truly welcomed and greatly appreciated ...
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And I do believe that the Bison speard Buffalo nickel was some form of linear gas bubble as well but somehow that still sold for a pretty penny John1 ... And to mkman123 . I'm sorry to tell you this as well but I'm not looking to get rich off these coins so stop wishing bad ok ... Lol  |
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No Adam_E the gas bubble as you called it that is on the pillar can not be popped or sqaushed by simply poking it with a q-tip like you described ... In fact If you look very closely it is actually as solid and as hard as the entire coin it self so therefore IT CANT BE SMUSHED OR POPPED and I don't believe it has no similarities of what you probably it is ...
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Correction ..... I don't believe it has no similarities of what you are probably thinking it is
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I posted a few pictures above with some information for those of you who are not familiar with what a ROCKWELL HARDNESS TEST COIN IS ... And I was hoping that someone else on here would be more familiar with it to help me figure out if it is indeed a Test coin that ran down the pillar during or after the test was taken like the one in the photo Ive POSTED ...
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for those of you who are not familiar with what a ROCKWELL HARDNESS TEST COIN IS I don't know how to put this....but anyone actually familiar with a Rockwell hardness test would never think that this blob was the result of such a test. The indenter can't "roll down" the test piece. If such a test were being done on a Memorial Lincoln reverse die, I also believe they would not choose to make the indentation in that spot.
Also, I don't know if it is your microscope, TV, or camera, but this cent looks more like a Lincoln Parthenon cent than a Lincoln Memorial cent. 
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Well thanks very much for the response Nss-52 . And in response to your answer ... The reason that I posted each of the photos that I posted on the ROCKWELL HARDNESS TEST is because not very many people know about it as I can tell so far. And further more . The image of the ROCKWELL TEST that was preformed in the photo I posted was ALSO demonstrated at the very top of the pillar in the EXACT SAME AREA as the one I have as the author explained himself in the photo so if you had actually LOOKED at the photo then you would see it as well as clear as Day because it was a HUGE BIG BALL sitting there right infront of your screen and it wouldnt take a rocket scientist to figure out that that big melting ball could actually RUN downwards if it was melting don't you think  .... But again don't take my word for it . Review the photos . And lets hope that that that light switch clicks on |
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P. S. By the way . Please excuse the bold letters coin community I just read the top portion indicating that typing in bold letters is a form of yelling so I do apologize ... Lol . I thought that was a form of putting emphasis on something not yelling  |
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2005-D Buffalo nickel that has a spear going through it Is not a bubble but a die gouge. The nickel is not plated like the cent is so no gas bubble. Type rockwell test in the search box upper left of page. The 12th column is not a bubble it is a die crack/chip. John1 |
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Hi, hardfinds. A Rockwell test is purely a pressure test. There should be no melting involved. Take this from someone who performs this type of testing on other materials as part of their job. This isn't to say that a Rockwell probe didn't touch your coin, but if it did, it should show up as a dot and the extemporaneous material below the point is from some other process.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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I believe that I have found not one but TWO VERY UNIQUE AND VERY RARE ONE OF A KIND ERROR COINS I understand you are disappointed that your finds are not what you expected them to be,it has happened to all of us,but it is all part of our learning process and that's what makes this hobby challenging and yet fun to learn and evolve, I am sure sooner or later you will make a nice pick up! Quote:
The reason that I posted each of the photos that I posted on the ROCKWELL HARDNESS TEST is because not very many people know about it as I can tell so far. When John1 or cooper speak ,we take their expert opinion to the bank! |
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