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Valued Member
United States
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Hello all. Hope everyone is having a great weekend. I got some customer wrapped penny rolls and they are spitting out a lot of nice coins. One of them is this 2008 D Lincoln Memorial penny. It looks like a strike through but kind of looks like a stain too. I haven't seen a strike through in my hand before so my experience with them is only what I have read and looked at online or in books. Any tips on the matter are greatly appreciated.    |
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Moderator
 United States
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I think you are confusing strike through with die clash and with that photo I cannot tell what is going on. Might be staining or maybe glue  John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1143 Posts |
It appears to be staining and not a die clash. Struck thru errors are when a foreign object is present at the time of striking.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19126 Posts |
For fun, consider giving the coin a long soak in 100% acetone. If glue is involved, it may be reduced or completely removed.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Definitely a good place to start.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4135 Posts |
Put one coin on top of another, add some coffee, soda or any type of liquid, wait for few days . You will probably duplicate this effect.
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Moderator
United States
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It does appear to be a stain of some sort, so  a good acetone soak would be a great start. |
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Forum Dad
United States
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Start with an acetone soak. Whether glue of stain, it will go away.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2781 Posts |
no one else seeing the monster die clash?
the memorial is almost fully visible across Lincoln's face,
unless that's a stain left from another cent sitting on top (creating a memorial shaped mark)
Edited by Wade
06/15/2023 10:05 am
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Forum Dad
United States
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Yeah, I see what you're talking about, but can't tell in the picture if it's a stain, glue, or clash.
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Moderator
United States
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Since it doesn't appear to be raised above the surface of the coin, that imprint of the Lincoln Memorial across Abe's face is most likely surface staining. I'm with @odd that this coin was in water with another cent resting on top--perhaps a water fountain.
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Moderator
United States
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When troubleshooting a coin, one needs to have a starting non intrusive first step in order to figure out what is going on, that first step should be a nice acetone bath to see what comes off. What is left can be discussed afterwards.
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Moderator
United States
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Besides, a clash will almost always show up on the fields of the coin. That is the high point on a die. Lincolns face and bust is recessed in the die and is fairly well protected from a clash, If a clash does appear on the raised devices on a coin, then it would stand to reason that the clash would be very strong on the fields also.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thank you everyone. I was confusing die clash and strike through. I will give it a nice acetone bath today and get back to you. It is not raised just fyi which was one of the weird things that led me to believe it could be a stain. But I will give it a try just in case. Update soon.
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