I'm not sure what I would be re-checking on this coin, it hasn't changed since I saw it the first time.
The missing devices are a combination of weak strike and possibly some grease filling some of the areas of the die, but much more of the effect comes directly from the weak strike. The lines running across the coin are normal. In some form or fashion they show up on a lot of weakly struck coins. The lines strike out of the coin with good impressions from the die. They are probably part of the process of rolling the metal into sheets to be cut into blanks. The reason the lines don't go into the rim is because the rim strikes up first, even with weak strikes.
This is a curious coin, but not a valuable one. It could be classified as an error, but is by no means what I would consider a valuable centerpiece to an error collection. I have seen them a number of times before in roll searches and pass by them when they show up...just not interested in clogging up my collection with minor things. On the other hand, I have never found an unplated cent, a brockage, a struck through capped die...all more valuable coins that are considered 'errors' by the mainstream.
I guess it all comes down to where you draw the line with your own collection. Some people save every die crack, every die chip. I don't know why or how, but they do. If I saved every coin like that I came across, I would have well over 50,000 coins in the collection. As it stands, I have only about 5,000, and am happy with it at the level it's at. I don't have anything that a seasoned Lincoln specialist would toss in a bank bag wondering why I bothered to save it.
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Posted 10/12/2008 11:22 pm
