No Date Lincoln Memorial Cent Mint Error - Split Planchet Struck Through Unstruck Planchet - 0.68g

Gotta love that one!

That's really a super piece!

Thanks folks! It is a dandy.

As for a new OP putting up something like this and it getting called PMD? Happens here often enough and always kinda flinch when I see it. Same with the recent 1988 Lincoln Cent doubled die obverse that was posted, which is clearly a DDO but first reply is something like I don't see anything. Yet that is how discussions work, where sometimes it takes a bit to home in on the truth. It is just better to say "I think" or "maybe it is" when you don't really know the answer, but otherwise, yes, sometimes some good stuff gets called PMD until it gets seen for what it is. That said, the percentage of "good" to nothing at all is pretty low so it's easy to see why things drift the way they drift.

Could be wrong, but pending no rotation, My first thought was it split after strike. Thinking this is less than half the normal mass or weight. If so the impression is normal, just need to pair with the other side that has the obverse impression. Betting it would have a partial reverse on it. Thanks, Doug.

edit:Forgot to add a x .

Not sure exactly what Halo is suggesting, but Dearborn I think I mentioned the weight in the title and twice in the description. I could put a micrometer on it but I think that being roughly 22% of the weight of a normal coin one can get the idea this thing is very thin.

My thought was it split after strike. Not seeing the "Struck Through Unstruck Planchet". Thanks, Doug.

Halo, if it were just a split planchet after the strike, then there would be a ragged look to the surface. They don't split clean like this. The reason for the smooth surface is from the unstruck planchet it was struck through.