Lincoln's Bubble Head Mint Error?

Just damage, probably deliberate.



to the CCF!

to the CCF!

The area of damage on the coin has also caused distortion on the reverse. Most of the coins with post mint damage will show some signs of damage on the opposite side. This is one of the diagnostics for PMD vs Mint Error.

As for Lincoln's head wound, the shot entered at the left side of Lincoln's skull in the bottom back area and lodged about three quarters of the way through his brain stopping in the frontal lobe. The remainder of the skull was was unaffected. Photos of Lincoln after his death show that he looked almost normal.

Lincoln cents with Die Cracks and Retained Internal Die Breaks are sometimes called "Assassination Cents," but in reality the profile used on the coins wouldn't have shown any of the damage done by Booth's bullet.



An interesting side note on Lincoln's grave.

Thirty six years after Lincoln was buried grave robbers attempted to gain access to his body. The failed attempt raised questions as to weather it was really Lincoln's body in the grave. His body was exhumed and around 200 people including officials, Lincoln family members, and curious onlookers viewed the body. Family members agreed that it was Abraham Lincoln's body and after a few minutes, it was buried again a short distance from the original grave. Two tons of concrete were poured on top of it to make sure grave robbers wouldn't have access to it again.