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I opened a roll of of 2021 shield back pennies with no mint mark. I noticed this on the obverse side. 2 under the nose and 2 behind Lincoln's neck, what would this be considered as? There were 3 in the roll total and any value to this?    |
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This is a die clash. The two dies struck each other without a planchet in between, so the lines from the shield on the reverse were imprinted on the obverse die.
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 to the CCF!  I don't think these are die cracks. It looks like this coin was struck with clashed dies. The line around the bust of Lincoln are the lines from the shield on the reverse. They were transferred to the obverse die when the clash occured. Here's a Photoshop clash overlay of a Lincoln Shield cent.  ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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08/23/2021 11:28 pm
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Thanks for the help on these!! Much appreciated, now next question is. Do these hold any value over time? They are in uncirculated condition with very little knicks and dings if any at all from the time they hit the bin to the roll. I put them in folds and stored them away.
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@capt, nice die clashes seem to hold a little value above face, with more dramatic clashes being worth more than minor clashes. The cost of ownership is low, so why not keep at least the cent that is in the best condition?
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I agree, not really worth holding onto. Interesting find, just not valuable. Keep searching!  Edited by merclover
08/25/2021 12:17 am
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If you like it, keep it. Your call. Personally, I think its cool.
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A nice clash is a nice clash. Why wouldn't you keep it, it only cost a penny. We use to call the memorial cents prisoner cents, I guess you can still call them prisoners,
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Nice clash you found! I would place it in a 2x2 and keep it, you could put the 2x2 in a 3-ring binder with plastic inserts designed to hold them and start a collection of them
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And please, no more screen shots. They do not show detail very well. Spend the time capturing coin images directly to your camera for the best quality. Even older phone cameras do a great job! |
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Screenshots are fine if that is all you are able to post with until you can take good quality photos with another device. Not everyone has a great phone, with a camera, in which to take good quality and close-up pictures. Clear pictures with a phone or camera would be best but your screenshots in this case showed what you were questioning and you received the appropriate answers Capt'n.  |
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I'll have to agree with Bump. Now while I don't like having to look at the coin presented through the horizontal lines or a mismatched vertical refresh rate of the monitor to the phone, or the lack of true color of the coin, I think it's fine if it is all you can do to present your coin to us until you can figure out how to save the picture you get from your microscope to present to us.
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Posted 08/23/2021 11:26 pm
