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1909 Lincoln Wheat "Liberty Stripes"

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It's not the prettiest so save your "it's damaged" posts.

I'm just curious what these lines could have been caused from?

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It's damaged, but those lines are very interesting! I wonder what caused it too.
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You have a reverse picture?
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Here is the reverse as well as another angle of the obverse so you can see the depth a bit better.


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Definitely post-mint, possibly a jeweler or artist design start... then may be a computer generated CDC cutout, I have a bunch of these cutout coins, where bust and IGWT is left along with rim... note some lines hit lower bust and design stops, boo-boo coin?
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Looks like it was owned by a HARP player and that's his signature .
Not mint damaged .
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My vote is for a razor blade, metal ruler, and a steady hand.
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Extremely small alien landing strips
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It's probably worth mentioning that I know this coin had been sitting in a closet since the 60's. My grandfather passed away and I only found this in his closet last month when we went to sell the house.

So that might rule out a computer potentially doing this but at the same time the lines are so perfect that I find it hard to imagine pulling it off by hand.

Maybe it IS aliens...
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Quote:
It's not the prettiest so save your "it's damaged" posts.


first two words on the first reply...
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It's damaged


Sorry, just had to point that out. They are some very interesting marks for sure.
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Okay Okay...

Is it possible there was a broken die due to the wide press on the rim.

Give me something other than it's an 1909!
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A broken die wouldn't give incuse marks like this to a coin, it would look something like this: http://www.error-ref.com/catastroph...lure-damage/

This coin was altered post mint.
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Can only speculate to reason or the cause of the engravings. Maybe an engraver practicing with an engraving tool. I believe a hand tool in the right hands can make this pattern.

The wide rim seems to be from circulation wear. Also the edge of the coin took a couple of blunt hits at sometime.

Believe all ( PSD) events occurred to the coin after strike. Thanks, Doug.
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Hmmm , these are strait lines on a round coin , and crop circles are round lines in a field with strait rows.
Obviously a conspiracy!
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