1974 Lincoln Memorial Cent / LMC Mint Mark Gone Awol

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Kcm Valued Member United States 284 Posts	Posted 07/27/2025 5:50 pm This coin troubles me. At the precise location one would expect to find a mint mark, a geometric anomaly protrudes from the surface, The size and relative height of the protrusion compare nicely to known habits of mint marks. Vexation flows from the absolute absence of a mark of any kind. My logic disqualifies this anomaly from all categories of post mint damage. At the same time— relying on my imperfect understanding of the minting process— my logic forces disqualification of all my mint error imaginings. Finally, a visit to my Cherry Pickers Guide and a whole lot of research on the Internet warns me this is not a numismatic pearl. I decided to post despite the risk that I might learn something. Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74129 Posts	Posted 07/27/2025 6:28 pm Your coin is from Philadelphia. It's some kind of Post Mint Damage ( PMD). Not sure what caused it, but it's not an error. It's strange though. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15425 Posts	Posted 07/27/2025 7:25 pm This is a Philly mint coin. There are a gazillion ways to cause PMD on a coin - and yours suffers from one of them. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95931 Posts	Posted 07/27/2025 7:53 pm Philly cent coins do not have mint marks on them. (it is implied) Only the 2017 has a 'P' mm on it. 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
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10529 Posts	Posted 07/27/2025 11:05 pm Are you sure that wasn't minted in New Orleans? Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21606 Posts	Posted 07/28/2025 07:33 am How it happened doesn't really matter, the only thing that matters is it could not have occurred during the striking of the coin so by default it is damage, . Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188342 Posts	Posted 07/28/2025 11:05 am Agreed, PMD. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Kcm Valued Member United States 284 Posts	Posted 07/28/2025 5:31 pm Errors And Varieties offered an opinion on my coin's history, leading to a consensus that it was minted in Philadelphia and later damaged. Unlike this example, Philadelphia coins from 1974 brandish an untouched field at the site in question. If this coin was indeed struck in Philadelphia, it almost certainly exhibits post-mint damage. It would help if someone out there could cite a scintilla of evidence to support a conclusion that this coin was minted in Philadelphia. The fiddle-dee-diddling at the place reserved for a mint mark persuades me otherwise. I suspect it was minted somewhere where fiddling around with mint marks was more commonplace. nickelsearcher (You need to buy a capita l n" ) contributes: "There are a gazillion ways to cause PMD on a coin...,". nickelsearcher implies that , however and whenever misfortune visited my hapless coin, happenstan ce was not in play. In crafting this extraordinary PMD, the craftsman-turned-prankster who violated this coin employed material indistinguishable rom to that of the field below, To near perfect roundness, positioned his material with uncanny accuracy and then obfuscated all traces of his /her tooling and means used to attach the creation? I could be wrong. I was once before. Let no one call me ungrateful to all who've invested their hard-won experience and opinions in this discussion I decided I'd open. Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6503 Posts	Posted 07/28/2025 5:40 pm Whatever round object left that circular indentation, it left another one to the NW. Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19154 Posts	Posted 07/28/2025 5:51 pm Agree with the Philly mint post-strike damage assessment. Report this Post to the Staff
Kcm Valued Member United States 284 Posts	Posted 07/28/2025 8:00 pm Let me restate my gratitude to all the correspondents who have offered their opinions. The next time I set out to play with my coins, And assuming I can locate one of my jewelers scales, I plan to ompare the weight of this one against a 1974 Philadelphia in similar condition and a 1974 Denver in comparable state. After ppointing out a second phenomenon I'll have a lot of fun exploring, Brandmeister describes my primary focus as an "indentation". I called it a protrusion. If I can remember where I put them, I have some African porcupine quills that will do no harm when I put this coin back under a microscope and poke around to accomplish some fact-checking. I could be wrong. Don't mind if I am. I do mind being wrong and staying wrong. Many do not. Report this Post to the Staff
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