1924 D Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC Grade Opinions - Unfortunate Lam? Edit - Die Rotation As Well.

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Jadey Pillar of the Community United States 900 Posts	Posted 04/16/2019 6:35 pm According to Coop, this isn't such a good thing on a semi key date. Edits: Looking at the above image, I noticed some ghosting of Lincoln's profile on the reverse, and it appeared rotated. Sure enough, it is a slightly rotated die. I went about trying to identify the angle. I googled a way to measure coin angles and found a DIY protractor that someone had posted here a while back, but that has been taken down, and I happened upon a patent application for said device, so I guess he decided to try and patent. Anyway, I placed the coin in a trimmed down 2x2 with a cut on each side to establish a common line for obverse and reverse. Then I used the gridlines on my camera to align to the cut. I took pictures (actually screen captures to capture the gridlines, so everything is low res) of both sides and created a montage. Finally, I placed a ruler line in photoshop (my pS skills are extremely rudimentary, so another screenshot) and PS gave me a measurement angle of -75.26 for the drawn ruler line. So, based on what I've drawn, I'm showing a die rotation of roughly 15 degrees. I'm sure the orientation is less than perfect, but it is the best I could manage this morning. Edited by Jadey 04/17/2019 09:32 am Report this Post to the Staff

GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 04/16/2019 6:55 pm F-15 It won't impact grade, just eye appeal and subsequently sale price. Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 04/17/2019 02:52 am @Jadey Some people like lams. I happen to know that coop likes EDS coins only, so he should be classified as a "tough customer." I don't think the lam diminishes the value of that semi-key. It makes it more interesting to me. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 04/17/2019 08:46 am Definitely a negative on a semi-key like this. Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 04/17/2019 09:17 am Not a very eye appealing lam in my opinion . Would rather have my 24-D without distractions . Report this Post to the Staff
mcshilling Pillar of the Community Canada 9162 Posts	Posted 04/17/2019 09:25 am F12 Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18680 Posts	Posted 04/17/2019 1:46 pm I agree with T-BOP Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19961 Posts	Posted 04/18/2019 8:02 pm F12 The lamination looks to be mostly retained, that's cool. But it hurts, it's an important date and the lam is very prominent and distracting. However, it does make for a very rare lamination. LOL Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
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1924 D LWC Grade Opinions - Unfortunate Lam? Edit - Die Rotation As Well.