Hi All, First off, let me introduce myself. I"m British but have been living in the States for some 15 years now, where I am a full Citizen (through my company!) and I find is the place that I now call home. The Wife and I just moved back to California after spending the past 12 years in NY/NJ and have been in to "Collecting" coins off an on, both from the UK and the US for years. With that said, I would in no way call myself an expert, in fact, more of a beginner and learn something (many) new every day.
Hello to you all!
I'm a member of PCGS and have focused the past couple of years on attempting to put together a set of
Morgan dollars. I've recently branched out to other U.S. coins. which brings me to my interesting find that I hope some of you might just be able to shed some light on.
Today I received a 1983 Proof Set and the included
Lincoln Penny has some unusual abnormalities for which I'm not sure what the correct term is. It's almost a form of a Double Die but also a coin layering issue.
Looking at the pictures you will see that the "S" Mint Mark look as though it's been relocated a few millimeters to the North-West from where it was originally placed!
Looking at the date, the outside lower right of the "9" looks as though somebody has traced it with a Scalpel revelealing the Silver colored material underneath.The inside North-East of the "8" has the same effect as well as the outer South-Easterly point. The "3" has the similar marks on outside center mid-point if that makes sense.
The "L" and the "I" in LIBERTY each have a Silver line running down their outside East side edges. The left leg of the "Y" is also similarly effected.
Finally on the Obverse, the tops of almost all high points in "GOD WE TRUST" have Silver lines above their straight lined tops i.e. along the top of each of the three horizontal lines in the "E". The "R", the "S" in particular and the "T" (in that order) in "TRUST" look similar to the Mint mark in they look as if they've been slid down from where they were originally positioned by about a mm. You can clearly see a Silver "S" above and behind the actual "S" and you can clearly see the top of the "T" bar in Silver above the actual "T".
As for the Reverse, this is far less dramatic however there some very clear abnormalities. The under side of the cross bar in the "T" that is part of the work "CENT" shows a not so crisp line of Silver. Running up the right side of the memorial you can see an outline of Silver. Last but not least, the inside lower loop of the "C" in "AMERICA" also shows the same Silver trace. I say not least as the the coin has tiny traces of Silver all over the Devices but if far less a quantity than what is detailed in the above.
Just to be clear, when I used the term Silver in the above and merely describing the color that is present, not the metal composition which is almost certainly Zinc.
I look forward to hearing any and all thoughts and comments althogh will have to check in the morning as it's 2:30am now and I've had enough for tonight.
Cheers!
David
I'm worried that the pictures that I'm able to upload here are not going to be of highest quality. I'm also not very good at editing pictures so have placed the full size images in a zip file that you can download here:
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