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Last coin of the evening, but still a couple more for tomorrow now that I'm getting to the best stuff. This one is really fun-looking, and pretty spiffy in general. The coin is struck on a split planchet, coming in as a real lightweight at just 0.73g. So if struck normally there would be a lot of lost detail on the obverse, but still a Lincoln there, while the reverse would show some memorial and some textured areas from the split. But this coin appears to have been struck through an unstruck planchet, so no Lincoln shows up and the intruding planchet allows for a strong strike showing up on the reverse and mostly obliterates (but not completely) signs of the split planchet texture on the obverse. The mirrored reverse is visible on the obverse because the planchet was so thin it just shows through. I hope I explained that well enough, and correctly, as error coins are still tough for me to nail down just right but working on it. No date Lincoln Memorial cent mint error - split planchet struck through planchet 0.73g   |
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Well lets flip for this one - I choose 'TAILS'!  Nice specimen, TB Edited by Dearborn
12/18/2021 07:59 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Another fascinating example, thanks.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Interesting obverse/reverse. The devices appear raised but they are mirrored on the opposite quadrants on side of the coin.
Note the 'T' on cent is on the opposite side and the 'O' on ONE is mirrored. Same for USA.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Super one Bats! Incredible!  |
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Incredible! Beautiful coin, breathtaking Error.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks! This one is especially nice in hand as the light, thin planchet is so odd and you sure don't need magnification to see the error.
Coop, completely lost on what you are trying to say/describe. Was my description not correct?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm wondering if this could be a different error. Reminds me of something else: But not sure. I'll have Mike Check in on this one. Edited by coop
12/19/2021 1:25 pm
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Tropicalbats' reconstruction of events is correct. This is a split planchet that was struck through an overlying planchet of presumably normal thickness. It appears to me that the striated surface faced toward the overlying planchet. You have a strong incuse ghost image of the Memorial design on the obverse face.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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A very interesting lot of coins you've posted recently, each one better than the next! Another winner!
-CH27
Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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So, if I'm following along, there are two kinds of split before strike. One where just the split fragment is in the coining chamber - the hallmark here would be some striations from the split and a weak strike (both sides) because it's thinner. Second where the split fragment PLUS a normal blank is in the coining chamber - this would have fewer striations (if any) because the flat surface of the blank smooths things out. And the side that does have the coin impression will be sharp because it's effectively a thick planchet being struck. http://www.error-ref.com/split_plan_before/vs. https://www.error-ref.com/split_plan_after/ where the struck surface separates and the interior surface shows an amalgam of obverse and reverse design elements. But at the instant of striking it was a "normal" planchet. So the design side is normal, not heavily struck? Do I have that right? If so, this is split after strike and there is a bit of the reverse rim showing from about 6 to 9 o'clock.  -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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That 3 cent looks like a split before strike planchet with a 95% indent.
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Great example TB. Have you had these for a long time and are just posting them, or did you come across the mother-lode of errors somewhere?
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 So I'm thinking the reverse is really not rotated 180 degrees from normal like a strike would be. But the ghost images are just the same rotation as the reverse side, but mirrored? (because of the split off) Edited by coop
12/19/2021 1:48 pm
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The coin was posted with the obverse side and reverse side correctly oriented "up" to avoid confusion.
Sheldius, I recently bought 3 different error lots, with most of the ones I've been posting from one of them. The other two lots are nice, but not like this bunch.
Edited by tropicalbats
12/19/2021 2:36 pm
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