1925 S Lincoln Cent Damage, Need Help Identifying Type

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luvmyCAM Pillar of the Community United States 1479 Posts	Posted 01/22/2018 7:03 pm Hey all. I occasionally run into this type of damaged coin and am not sure of its category? Examine the motto on the obverse and notice how we trust pulls away from the rim. If it is post mint damage how would the lettering be pulled in towards the center? I have a Memorial cent similar but more pronounced and unusual but displays the same offset motto lettering. What is this called? Report this Post to the Staff

aristarchus123 Pillar of the Community United States 1695 Posts	Posted 01/22/2018 8:02 pm Is the coin still round or did it flatten out? Perhaps put it next to another coin to see. Report this Post to the Staff
tropicalbats Pillar of the Community United States 6116 Posts	Posted 01/22/2018 8:46 pm I would suggest that it is not the motto pulling away from the rim, but the rim pulling away from the motto by some form of environmental compression. An interesting experiment would be to drop that image in a drawing program and put a perfect circle around it and see if the motto is further in or the rim is further out. Report this Post to the Staff
luvmyCAM Pillar of the Community United States 1479 Posts	Posted 01/24/2018 2:16 pm Thanks Tropicalbats, I am stumped by these types. I still haven't sent the 1966's I got from you for slabbing as I use them to show new searchers what to look for. Sure would like a crack at your personnel stash one. Here I go again bugging on the 66 DDO again, back to the 1925 S Lincoln have you ran into this type damage? Their not scarce but seem uncommon I have some more dramatic. Will load a pic of a 1964 with same issues for opinions. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 01/24/2018 2:38 pm vise job? Where's Crazy when we need him? Report this Post to the Staff
CoinMasters Pillar of the Community United States 5964 Posts	Posted 01/24/2018 2:39 pm It's impossible to know exactly how it happened, but I agree it's out of round. The rim area over Lincoln is probably thinner than the rest of the coin unless it came from the mint thicker. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/24/2018 2:42 pm If the outside diameter is the same as a normal cent, then this would just be coin wear. The weight should be a bit under the normal weight. But just a life in circulation slowly wore it down. (Kind of sounds like me a bit. LOL) Geezer jokes: http://www.geezer.org/geezer-jokes/old-if-3.shtml Edited by coop 01/24/2018 2:49 pm Report this Post to the Staff
luvmyCAM Pillar of the Community United States 1479 Posts	Posted 01/26/2018 1:01 pm It is thinner than a normal wheat and appears it was put in a vice with some buffer material bent, then bent back. Ah ha brilliant your correct its post mint damage undoubtly. Thanks for solving this for me, coins placed on train tracks show this much more dramatically than my example but the same physics principal applies. You know sometimes you guys tick me off, until I need your help :) thanks on this one. Case solved. Report this Post to the Staff
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