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Pillar of the Community
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So getting a little complicated for my old brain, but I think I've got this one right. Happy to be corrected if I'm calling this one wrong. Coin appears to be an off center clashed capped die strike. So, goes something like this. A coin is struck and sticks to the obverse die creating a die cap. The die cap strikes a few coins and thins out, with a raised shadow of Lincoln starting to show through on the coins being produced. Then the machine fails to feed a planchet and the die cap clashes with the reverse die. This strikes a few coins and the clash starts to spread. This planchet comes in and only sits maybe 25% in the collar, and is struck off center with the clashed capped die. This has got to be a rare one. No date Lincoln Memorial cent mint error - off center clashed capped die   |
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Valued Member
United States
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Don't see a die clash on the reverse. But definitely an off-center struck through die cap with brockage
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Pillar of the Community
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darn that ZINC  |
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Pillar of the Community
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So another nice one Tbats!  So we can call the date range from late 1982 to the mid 90's from the general strike of the second image? I can see the plating bubbles and from experience this looks earlier than the year 2000, though what do I know  ... |
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Bedrock of the Community
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You have some great stuff.
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Pillar of the Community
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That is a really cool acquisition, congrats! Looks like an extreme version of a "wavy steps" trail die.  -makecents-
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Moderator
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nice 'messy' cent! I love what you have presented, (keep em comin!)
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New Member
United States
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I understand how this can happen. I understand how the coin can make it out of the mint, mixed in a bag with thousands of other coins. From there, though, how does it make it into circulation? It won't fit in a coin roll. I don't see someone getting this as change.
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Bedrock of the Community
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2001 was the first year for the bins of coins. So it the coin was pre 2001, they were found in bags as you mentioned. That is where the coin was found. In a bag find.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks like a straightforward off-center strike with an expanded first-strike brockage of the reverse design on the obverse face. The ghost of Lincoln on the obverse is simply a side effect of the struck tab being compressed very thin.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice! A superb lot of coins you posted this last night.
-CH27
Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Dang! I thought I had it right as a clashed cap, but I will trust Mike any day. It's a pretty spiffy error coin and quite happy to have been able to get it.
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Posted 02/27/2022 05:50 am
