1956 Lincoln Cent Ldb5-1956-001B 5-Sel

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fortcollins Pillar of the Community United States 3647 Posts	Posted 09/22/2018 12:13 pm This one is fun. It is a 1956 Lincoln Cent with an "EIR" and a cracked skull and a shark nibble on the date and a gaggle of die chips on the reverse. It is listed in cuds-on-coins.com as LDB5-1956. (The full designation in the topic title looks like a couple Canadian zip codes. ) Like Stage B, the die break in the skull very weakly appears to continue into the field (clearest on the full coin obverse shot). Like state B, the reverse has the diagnostic die chips in the upper and lower left wheat stalk and on the "T" in "CENT." Here are the obligatory mug shots: The feature of the coin is the sharp "EIR" and the less obvious and well worn chip west of the "L": The date has a "shark nibble" in the "6." This is not PMD. The same nibble appears in the plate coin on cuds-on-coins.com. It should be listed as a diagnostic. Though worn, the left wheat stalk shows the diagnostic die chips: The "T" in "CENT" also has its diagnostic chip: Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/22/2018 12:16 pm The 'SO called' shark nibble is actually the hub had a device breaking off. You can see this on several dies during that year. (Both mints) Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 09/22/2018 1:16 pm Ooh, so it's a hub flaw affecting hundreds of thousands of coins from both mints making it a very common occurrence "cutesy" error of little value other than some off-the-wall attribution code that would make an IT programmer proud? I'm sorry, I have lost interest in commonality of machining normalcy effects. To study them from a metallurgical viewpoint of pressured metal distresses is one thing, as a viable "mint error" coin, Ahh, nope! Start talking Brockages, offsets and indents, now there are mint errors..."Spikey" is cool once it comes out his___ and the die begins to sink and shatter, now yer talkin' Report this Post to the Staff
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