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New Member
United States
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Was going thru some of my penny collection this evening and I had came across this beauty. It's a 1970 Lincoln Penny, while the obverse side looks to have normal wear and tear for the age of the Penny, flip it to the reverse side and the poor Lincoln Memorial looks as if it's been hit by an earthquake. What's yall thoughts on the cause behind this occurrence? Has anyone seen anything similar? Would this be something considered as rare or not worth the time to look at it in that perspective? Thanks for taking the time and happy New Year's everyone. Hope it was filled with lots of blessings and so many more made memories.   |
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Moderator
 United States
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@look, it isn't uncommon for one face of a coin to be more heavily worn or damaged than the other. Everything I'm seeing with this cent looks like damage.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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New Member
 United States
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@Spence, I kinda thought the same thing but having a second opinion truly helps. I've been learning as I go, but I am very new to the hobby yet. Would you mind taking a look at a few other penny's that I recently came across? If not I appreciate the info that you could provide.
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Moderator
United States
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Washington DC, while does have very rare earthquakes, it is not considered a seismically active area. This looks like Post mint damage to me.
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New Member
United States
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@Dearborn, I was just tossing some humor in there, hence the damaged Memorial. Too me it appears to just have been shaken up. Hence that's why I mentioned the earthquake. I am 3 hours from Washington D.C. and I must say that the last one they did have, back in 2012 or 2013, somewhere around there. Alot of folks around this area was able to feel the trembles despite being hours away from the fractual zone.
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Moderator
United States
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Would you mind taking a look at a few other penny's that I recently came across? Yes of course—glad to! Please post each one in a separate thread so that we can give them all individualized attention. Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am 3 hours from Washington D.C. and I must say that the last one they did have, back in 2012 or 2013, somewhere around there. Alot of folks around this area was able to feel the trembles despite being hours away from the fractual zone. 2011,  I thought the house was falling down |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nothing present that cannot be attributed to extreme post mint damage from circulation. If you were in an Earthquake, perhaps this coin would appear normal.  |
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United States
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@Dearborn, I was just tossing some humor in there, hence the damaged Memorial. Yes, I know, hence my strange sense of humor in response to your post.. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Coins can be worn/ banged up in an unbelievable number of ways. They can look like almost anything-billions of coins in millions of hands give lots of room for chance.
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Posted 01/01/2023 6:33 pm
