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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Continuing to be an underappreciated error coin, this one was put up on ebay starting at $9.99 and I won it at $11.50 with free shipping. That's just hard to beat for a full-obverse, naked-eye visible error coin. No date Lincoln Memorial cent mint error - split after strike 1.65g   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Woah! What exactly causes this?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Very cool and in my opinion, a great deal! I agree, I would probably pay more for this than the overrated Cud. -makecents-
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Cause is pretty simple. When the metal is rolled a laminar weakness can occur and cause problems later. Lots of examples of lamination errors out there. But in this case the weakness was pretty close to right down the middle of the planchet, and when the coin was struck, or at some point after that, the two halves separated. Somewhere there is, or was, the other half of this coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very wild stuff! Would this mean that this is NOT a zinc planchet type?
Or perhaps it definitely has to be a zinc?
Edited by Tacc
03/17/2023 5:00 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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I like how you can see the memorial/ Reverse showing on the Obverse, and it's upside down, it's so cool
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Moderator
 United States
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Excellent!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6116 Posts |
Won't happen on a zinc cent, so this one is 1959-1982. Probably could narrow it down a bit by studying the reverse type.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very interesting, thanks!
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Moderator
United States
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Fantastic example. |
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Moderator
United States
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very cool example - one huge lamination, if you will.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Won't happen on a zinc cent, so this one is 1959-1982 Ahhh Sooo. |
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Valued Member
United States
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How would one even begin to figure out the date? Seems like one heck of a task. This would be a awesome contest game for here, Guess the date lololo
Me I'd say it was from the 70's with a D mint mark if I were playing or had to guess lololo
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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This it is pre 1962 when they change from cooper-zinc-tin to cooper-zinc. The way split is the first alloy I mention. Structural horizontal molecular separation.
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Posted 03/17/2023 4:40 pm
