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The seller just accepted my offer on this. It was labeled mis struck Lincoln. I think he thought it was a struck through capped die. Looks good to me, the pics might be a lil blurry.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice! It kind of looks like a split planchet to me, but could be a brockage. Need clearer photos to tell, though.
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I see a pretty clear echo of a distorted memorial, so I would be surprised if it wasn't a capped die.
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 Looks like a late stage capped die. |
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Either way, it's a very nice error coin! Congratulations on the purchase!   Errers and Varietys.
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I don't have it in hand yet. I'll let you know the weight when I do. Here's a similar coin that is slabbed for anyone who doesn't know.  Edited by Willburton
10/30/2018 8:03 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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The slab has the weight on it. 3.1g
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Looks like a split planchet error to me
Feel free to call me Will.
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Bedrock of the Community
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If it were a split planchet error, the weight would be less than normal. The reverse would also be weaker because of the lack of metal.
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@coop the reverse would only have weakness if it were a pre-strike split planchet..this looks like a post-strike split.
For this coin to be strruck through a cap the edge on the affected side would be dish like and sloping upwards but this coin has it in the opposite direction almost.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Coop, the slabbed coin is not the coin that the OP bought, it's one that he's comparing it to.
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Pillar of the Community
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goid call dollar man I think you're right. I knew it wasn't a normal struck through a capped die. I will post the weight and better close ups when I get it in hand
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It's either a split-after-strike cent or a normal-weight cent that was struck through a split planchet. We'll know more when we get a weight. It's definitely not a brockage. What you're seeing is an incuse ghost image of the Memorial that bled through from the reverse die.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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10/31/2018 4:18 pm
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Just got it. It's a split planchet, it weighs 1.7 grams. It does have a very thin rim on the would be obverse, is that normal?   |
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Awesome purchase and congratulations! The very thin rim is normal. It is probably caused by the error itself.
Errers and Varietys.
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