2009 Lincoln Feeder Finger Damage? - Coin Community Forum

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mikep Valued Member United States 322 Posts	Posted 10/19/2009 12:44 am Hi all. I've been finding many of these while searching through circulated bank rolls. I'm guessing this is from feeder fingers? Has anyone else been finding these? Thanks, Mike Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/19/2009 07:51 am That doesn't look like any Feeder Finger Damage that I ever saw, but I'm no pro. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
mikep Valued Member United States 322 Posts	Posted 10/19/2009 10:01 am Yea John. All the coins I have with Feeder Finger Damage look more like a smear across the die. I know this impossible, but it looks like steps from the old memorial reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 10/19/2009 11:41 am Between Lincoln's hand and knee? That would be a higher spot on the die...perhaps it's a file mark? (if they still use files, lol) Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 10/19/2009 6:12 pm Feeder finger die scrapes take on different forms. Some sharp and some not pronounced. The less prominent ones probably had die wear from continued use. But here are a few examples: Soft: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum..._scrapes.jpg Sharp: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...rapes_01.jpg Wicked: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...ike_Pope.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum..._collage.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
MorgansRmine Pillar of the Community United States 1219 Posts	Posted 10/19/2009 7:25 pm coop, here's a case where a picture does not say more than a thousand words. On the "wicked" I can understand the raised scratches as Feeder Finger Damage on the die. That doesn't explain the incuse areas on the coin itself. Perhaps a piece of the feeder finger splintered and adhered to the die? Curious. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 10/20/2009 9:37 pm I found two of them in the same roll. Exactly like that. At first I thought it was just damage, but not two coins exactly like that. In the same roll I found several normal ones. It have have been part of the feeder finger metal that was stuck to the die or the die was yanked after the markings we evident. Probably a whole lot more of them out there yet to be found. Report this Post to the Staff
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