2005 Lincoln Off-Center Strike Error.

Very Nice.

It is one of the more common error types. That being said, they have become harder to come by since about the year 2000. The Mint since 2000 employs a better system of weeding the out of shape, off center struck coins out. Some that aren't too far out of shape after they are struck can still make it out of the Mint and into a roll.

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Bill

Not to disagree with you, Bill.

But it looks like a broadstrike, possibly.

That would be acceptable, sorta, I guess...kinda........Looking at Fred Weinberg's website I note that he still adds a degree of off-center to the descriptions of uncentered broadstrikes.

This is one error where I sometimes disagree with the terminology used. If there is no collar in play and the strike is centered it is called broadstruck. If it is not a centered broadstrike, the coin is off-center struck.

Off center or Uncentered broadstrike seems a little much like overkill.

I see the point in that the detail is not really compromised on this one but I'm sticking to 3 to 5 degrees off-center struck.

Thanks,
Bill

If there is no collar and the coin is centered it is a broadstrike, if the planchet is not centered but the entire design is still on the finished coin, it is an uncentered broadstrike, and if it is far enough off that part of the design is missing it is off-center.

I use all three because the uncentered broadstrike doesn't really look like a broadstrike, especially at first glance, but it really isn't an off-center strike, which it DOES look like at first glance. It's kind of a neither one nor the other but a bit of both.

Great find! I find the urge to go to the bank and get some rolls for myself increases 10x for about every 10 minutes I spend on the forum