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Pillar of the Community
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Nifty one here. Struck through a die cap which itself had been clashed before this strike. I'm a little confused about the raised circle in the upper left of the obverse, where the clash seems particularly strong. 1982 Lincoln Memorial cent mint error - clashed cap strike 3.11g   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice, I've got one of these I'm hoping to post soon. The circle in the upper left looks like a second clash. Maybe a floating clash?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a nice one! Unsure of the circle in the top left. Any chance the die cap could have been cracked? If so I do wonder what the indented line inside the circle is..   -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Possible fold on the deteriorating die cap.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Missed this one the first time.
Any update on this anomaly TB?
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Pillar of the Community
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I missed this one the first time around as well. The circular line looks to be raised and mimics a pre-cud die crack. It appears to me that after the cap clashed with the reverse die, the circular area acted like a pre Cud die and vertically recessed from the rest of the cap. Through subsequent strikes , this would better preserve the clash details in this area. Thus the appearance of this coin |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The semi circle looks interesting, but note, there is nothing on the reverse die that would create that? The cap is flattening/spreading. Note the devices are are distorting on the cap area. Unless there was a large die crack on the obverse, I can't see why the semi circle is there? Check to see if there are any listings of a Cud on that years large date cents on ' Cuds on Coins'. That might explain what that is? (A die crack that developed into a Cud?) |
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I am in the field catching bats and have almost no time for coins right now. But Stoneman's interpretation seems reasonable. Maybe give Mike a ping for this one, as I just really am short on time to think about such things right now. Only a 12-hour day/night today but spending the night in a swamp fighting mosquitoes was not exactly fun and not home to even look at the coin right now.
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Bedrock of the Community
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06/22/2022 11:45 am
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Nice coin, Bats! We can always count on you for interesting coins!  |
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I've seen this effect before, but remain puzzled. It's possible the area with the stronger impression of the Memorial is what's left of the struck tongue of a second cent that was sheared off (an elliptical strike clip) and then fused to the underside of the die cap. It would likely have been a uniface strike. This would create an area slightly thicker than the rest of the cap and would therefore pick up a stronger image from the clash.
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