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Valued Member
United States
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Wassup!! I'm so happy that I actually found something cool! I think this is a struck-through capped die? What are y'all thoughts on this? 
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Valued Member
 United States
137 Posts |
Oops, I forgot to mention it's a Lincoln Cent in the title, maybe a mod can change it?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
73688 Posts |
You're correct, awesome find!
Errers and Varietys.
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Moderator
 United States
34393 Posts |
Quote: maybe a mod can change it? Done. Next time pls just click on the link "report this post to staff" as then we don't need to stumble upon your request. 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
978 Posts |
What does the reverse look like/?
"We are all flawed, some MD and some PMD." NYI
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I agree the Reverse must be posted.
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New Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I will post here in quete the explanation of this error and also we has to think because more and more seem to apear on the market: Quote: A capped die error is caused by a newly struck coin becoming stuck to the obverse or reverse die in the coin making machine. As the machine continues to operate, the stuck coin rather than the die strikes the blanks continuously being fed into the machine. At this point the coin that is stuck acts as the die and becomes the capped die. Since the image on the die is the direct opposite of what appears on the finished coin, the image on the brockage is incused and reversed. The longer the coin is stuck to one of the dies the more the stuck coin gets spread out as it continues to slam into the later blanks being fed into the machine.
Since the capped die error spreads out and becomes thin from this abuse, it no longer is the proper diameter of other coins of the same denomination. When coins are manufactured they go through several processes. One of these, following the strike onto the blanks, is to drop each finished coin through a vibrating mesh sheet with holes punched into the sheet of the proper diameter for the coin denomination now in production. Logically, any coin which is too large for the denomination due to some production mistake shouldn't be able to get through this mesh sheet. Such a coin can later be found by quality control people and melted.
Considering this process and that a capped die error is typically too wide to make tolerance, would someone like to explain how most of the so-called capped die errors now available in collector markets get through this process and eventually make their way first to error coin dealers and then on to collectors? Your reflection.
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Moderator
 United States
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Photo of the reverse please.
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Moderator
 United States
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If you make a mistake or typo on your posts, you can edit them yourself too (including the title within the first 24 hours.
anyway, looks like a nice find, but I'm with the others, - What does the reverse look like?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Waiting for reverse pic. 
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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@silviosi, this is not a 'capped die error'—rather it's struck through a die cap, which is much more common than the actual die cap. Therefore the coin is not thinned out and the diameter should be normal. Presumably the reverse will look normal. Excellent find!
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Valued Member
 United States
137 Posts |
Whoops, not sure how I forgot a rev pic. Here it is at its best as it's now in a flip and the lights on my scope would make it impossible to see it clearly. 
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
9862 Posts |
 Nice find!
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website
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Moderator
 United States
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Nice find! 
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