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I took a few photos of this 1957-D Lincoln cents date. Does this appear to be a damaged Die ? I don't see any damage around the 5, so I ruled out PSD. Dan   |
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Looks like a die chip, not a die fill or struck through.
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The dies were over used in the late 40'-50's wheat cents. That is why you find so much weird stuff during those years.  That is why I have this one named on the link, glorified slug. VLDS (Very-Late-Die-State) die state when the coin was struck. No wonder I prefer the EDS examples. (Early-Die-State) |
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Agree just die chips, very common on LWCs during this period.
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Quote: I don't see any damage around the 5, so I ruled out PSD. Good use of logic and a couple nice die chips.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Several die chips. |
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Thanks guys. Since I got this Digital Microscope, I've finally gotten a reason to go through the thousands of Lincoln Wheat cents I've collected over the years.
Dan
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Just looked at this one again, looks like there might be a minor rotated RPM there too!
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Here are two photos, one is of the original coin in this thread, the other is another coin I found in the same lot of coins I'm currently going through. What are the chances these are from the same set of dies ? Dan Original coin; Recently found coin in same lot;  |
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What are the chances these are from the same set of dies ? Based on the similarities of the die chips and mintmark position, I'd say pretty good. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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I have a baggy my Mom gave me, with maybe 100 of the 57-D pennies in it. Maybe I have the entire run of the die failure ?
Dan
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Make sure to look for Interior Die Breaks, Retained Interior Die Breaks (his head area is notorious for this), Retained Cuds, Cuds, and rim to rim Die Cracks. The 1950's was a good year for all of these die events. Errers and Varietys.
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11/29/2018 2:01 pm
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@kandel, first welcome to CCF. Second, while best practice is to start a new thread with a new coin (rather than hijacking someone else's thread), it looks to me like the die used to strike your cent had a broken post on the letter B. As stated above by @E&V, these sorts of things are pretty common on the cents of the 1950s. Yours is a great example!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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