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Hi, I was looking through some American coinage I had laying around. I found an interesting Lincoln presidency cent. Not sure if this is anything to keep, but look interesting. What are your thoughts should I keep it? I have no American coins in my collection so far. Although I also found a "b I e" 1956 p  |
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It does look interesting, however Can you back up the image a bit please showing the front of the profile, correctly oriented, it's hard to tell what we are looking at.
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A clear, full coin shot of the obverse and reverse, cropped would be good too. My first though was misplaced metal and seeing the whole coin may answer that.
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We need to see a wider show also to show what we are looking at? Looks like a device on part of the design area. This can't happen normally. It may have been added to the top of a device as a transfer from another coin. If it loose it could be a debris flake off another area of the coin.    Or a transfer off an edge of the an incuse area of the Presidential designs?  Counter stamped coins:   But the affected area on the die is a lower area part of the design. (highest point on the coin most likely a hit from another coin) If it were a die issue, all the other devices would be showing, not just the single area affected. Sometimes we see parts of a dropped letter, but that would be incuse on the coin. So the question is, is that area raised, on incuse (lower than the design) on that area? |
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More pictures as requested   Edited by Mike2829
12/11/2021 3:21 pm
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It does look incuse. So it maybe a device transfer from another coin. Which would be coin damage.
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coop , so that would make it worth less because it's considered damaged?
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Face value. Damaged coins are worth face value. When they are real bad the banks return them back to the mint to be canceled and recycled.  Edited by coop
12/11/2021 7:00 pm
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coop, that was kind of a stupid question.Hard for a penny to be worth less than face value. thanks for all of the info.
Edited by Mike2829
12/11/2021 7:53 pm
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Knowing the information I have learned I wonder if it's not a portion of the 2 in the 2009 date transferred to this coin. But anyways regardless it's not worth more than a penny?
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Is the "2" raised or incuse?
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 Looking at first picture. From here It looks raised comparing to the slices on the forehead and nose. |
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It's raised. Sorry my pictures don't do it justice. I'm still learning how to navigate the site and take good pictures & crop them properly etc.
Edited by Mike2829
12/12/2021 12:36 pm
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I stand corrected it is incuse.
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