Yet Another 1981 Lincoln Memorial Cent / LMC Question

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Gigi2 Valued Member United States 319 Posts	Posted 03/02/2025 7:49 pm Still going through the 81s. How could this damage happen to the mint mark only with no other signs of hit anywhere nearby? Looks like just a big blob, but I think it was supposed to be a D. Otherwise the coin is MS. Report this Post to the Staff

-makecents- Pillar of the Community United States 8743 Posts	Posted 03/02/2025 8:06 pm Can you give us a full coin shot of the obverse and reverse? ADDED: To me, it just looks like a chunk of misplaced metal that settled in. -makecents- Edited by -makecents- 03/02/2025 8:08 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Gigi2 Valued Member United States 319 Posts	Posted 03/02/2025 8:15 pm Yes. Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff
-makecents- Pillar of the Community United States 8743 Posts	Posted 03/02/2025 8:19 pm Yeah, you can see it from the reverse, just damage, of some sort, after it left the mint. -makecents- Report this Post to the Staff
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10513 Posts	Posted 03/02/2025 8:23 pm I'm guessing the obverse damage is incuse? So just some kind of hit pushing the metal towards the reverse of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Gigi2 Valued Member United States 319 Posts	Posted 03/02/2025 8:43 pm Yes. I see. Dang, you guys are good at this. Had to have been a strong pinpoint hit straight on. Thanks, again. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 03/02/2025 9:12 pm @gigi, sometimes we see coins posted that have taken a hit from a BB, but I agree that yours looks more like a cylindrical post. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73978 Posts	Posted 03/02/2025 9:36 pm PMD of some sort. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95517 Posts	Posted 03/03/2025 09:12 am Looks like Makecents picked up on the same thing I saw on the reverse. so yes, this is just damage. (This is why we always ask to have both sides of a coin to be uploaded.) Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
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Yet Another 1981 LMC Question