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I'm not really sure about this one, but seems like the coin stuck to the reverse die for at least one extra strike. So either a reverse die cap or just a double struck with second strike broadstruck through unstruck planchet? A little help here please. Weight is 2.50g and diameter is 20.8mm No date Lincoln Memorial cent mint error - reverse die cap   |
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Wow Tbats  How thick is this then? I am leaning towards your first idea that this became a reverse die cap with another blank hopping onto the first coin and then getting fused onto the die cap Lincoln, so I wonder if there is some sort of seam? |
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Just over the top.  |
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Well the coin is cupped toward the reverse so can't really get a thickness on it. But at 2.5g it's still just one planchet being struck in odd ways.
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I can see Lincoln's bust on the blank side but very faint.
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I'd call this a uniface broadstrike, possibly double struck. Whether it functioned as a die cap is unclear, as there's no evidence that a fresh planchet was fed in on top of it after the initial strike.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Hey Mike! But how do you get the properly oriented weak Lincoln bust on the obverse with just one strike? Doesn't it have to be at least double struck?
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Very nice! Another big one! -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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I can see Lincoln's bust on the blank side but very faint. Ya it's very weak - guessing it's not Pareidolia this time   |
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The faint ghost of Lincoln may indicate that this is a broadstrike that was struck (possibly twice) by an early-stage uniface die cap.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Hmmm. Still trying to wrap around this one. Not sure there is a single answer.
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I would describe it, based on the photos, as a broadstruck & obverse late stage die cap strike.
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Welcome JonS, and thanks so much for the help with the ID on this one.
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Posted 12/18/2021 10:09 pm
