Please Help 1964 Silver Lincoln Penny With Error

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Jessicaschultz83 New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 08/27/2018 1:02 pm I hope that somebody is able to help I am new to coin collecting. I just found a 1964 what looks to be a steel penny with an error on it yet I cannot find any information searching the web any feedback or information would be greatly appreciated thank you Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 08/27/2018 1:07 pm Probably just plated and then counterstamped with masonic symbols. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 08/27/2018 1:08 pm It is not an error. The coin was normal when it left the mint. It was damaged with a counter stamp after it left. Just a damaged coin. People do this to make them collectable to non collectors. Edited by coop 08/27/2018 1:08 pm Report this Post to the Staff
CoinBuffalo Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 08/27/2018 1:10 pm It's not an error, it's called a counterstamp. Post-Strike Damage as someone purposely put it there. It also isn't steel, just plated with something after it left the mint. Probably by the same person who counterstamped it. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 08/27/2018 1:15 pm On the rim area above GOD, I think I see copper showing through on that area. Save for the counter stamp. Someone might want it. If it were steel, it would stick hard to a magnet even jumping off a flat surface to reach to the magnet. (try a magnet on a 1943 steel cent and you will see what I'm talking about. Some plated coins will show some attraction, but not like a steel cent. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188770 Posts	Posted 08/27/2018 3:15 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74344 Posts	Posted 08/27/2018 7:36 pm It's a counterstamped LMC. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Tunnioc Pillar of the Community United States 3179 Posts	Posted 08/28/2018 01:10 am Somebody plated it, so they wouldn't spend it. If you didn't show your Masonic token at the Masonic Temple door, you were not allowed in. Report this Post to the Staff
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