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No Date Lincoln Cent (Zinc) Mint Error - Die Cap Fragment

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 Posted 05/07/2024  11:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikediamond to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nope, not part of a disintegrating die cap. It's a piece of "coin shrapnel" from a heavily stressed coin that was probably struck more than once. The reverse face shows the impression of two planchets appressed edge to edge to form a chain strike.
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 Posted 05/09/2024  01:23 am  Show Profile   Check tropicalbats's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add tropicalbats to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks so much Mike! That's not what I was thinking at all and glad to have a proper diagnosis on this one. A lot going on, and I generally do not slab error coins, but would be interesting to try and see how much of that diagnosis would fit on the slab! Definitely one of the more interesting coins in my error files and glad I picked it up.

Starting to be out of town a lot now so sorry if it takes me a bit to reply at times.
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 Posted 05/09/2024  08:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikediamond to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Don't expect an accurate label from any grading service. They'd probably label it "struck scrap" or "struck fragment", neither of which is anywhere close to the truth.
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I hear you there. Buying slabbed error coins can be a good way to get a better error than the seller thinks they have.
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