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Wife was looking through her change last night (for a 1974 aluminum penny she read about on the net). She calls me over to look at the weird 1974 Lincoln she found. I've been out of the hobby for a while, but looks like an error coin. Just thought I'd check in with the experts here to get a proper explanation of what happened during the striking process.  Edited by Tbirdkid
08/20/2021 1:26 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It called a counterstamp and this one happens to be the state of Rhode Island, all 50 states are available.
This did not happen during the striking process, it was added by a third party after leaving the mint.
Edited by nfine
08/20/2021 1:28 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Counterstamp, yes. Kinda sloppy placement--in my opinion.
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 to CCF.  completely with nfine. Just a counter stamp someone smacked into the face (obverse) of your Lincoln. Keep looking long enough and you will probably come across more of these with different kinds of stamps. There is no doubt whatsoever this was done after this coin left the mint. Not an error at all. Just someone playing around with a stamp punch, hammer and a cent. As far as a 1974 Aluminum Cent...... Well to be 100% upfront and honest, you'd have better luck winning the Powerball Lottery 100 times during your life than you most likely would finding a 74' Aluminum Lincoln in the wild. But who knows..... stranger things have happened. (not to get your hopes up)  |
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Do a CCF search (box in upper left corner of every CCF page), search on "counterstamp" and you'll find a post here that shows all sorts of counterstamps. Some people collect them, others feel it only post mint damage ( PMD). To each their own.  to the CCF!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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to the CCF! |
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Thanks for the welcome guys. Looks like you have a good bunch here. Never knew about counter stamps...now I know. I was really into coins as a teen and had a decent collection, until we were burglarized and lost 90% of our (me and my father's) collection. No recovery of items, and was useless to start over. I started collecting when you could get coins from early 1900's in change, in the early '60's. Got the yearly mint sets..etc. Thanks for the advice..hope to stop by and check on 'yall here.
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Looks like you have a good bunch here. Exactly. Welcome to CCF! "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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Kind of sloppy placement--in my opinion. Yep the stamper did not pay attention to the location of the date.. Otherwise, nice counterstamp coin |
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Many different things added to a coin to increase the profit for a seller. The buyer doesn't come out as well:   You can go on line and buy these punches:  Often sold for leather design punching. (belts - wallets) |
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Most came from sets sold in the 1970's.  Edited by JC Stevens
08/22/2021 11:00 am
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