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I have a 1973 Lincoln Cent with an error on the date. The 3 appears to have been "chopped" and you can see the faint outline where the entire number 3 should be. This error appears to be from the original die stamp process, but I do not have the equipment or experience to truely make that determination. I can find no reference to this error and was wondering if anyone else knows about this error and what the coin is possibly worth.  Edited by Robplano
08/12/2010 4:58 pm
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it looks like to took a pretty good "hit" on the three. post mint damage - in my opinion
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Bedrock of the Community
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 not an error, the date has been damaged by a counting/rolling machine |
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If this is damage from a coin counter, it must have been done a long time ago, because the damaged area blends very well and it has been out of circulation for at least 12 years. I may take it to a coin dealer with my 1909 S VDB that I am selling to see if he has an opinion. Out of the 3.7 billion of this coin punched, you would expect some errors I would think, but I found none documented.
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I don't think this is an error. It was a hit after it was made- post-mint damage. It could have happened early in the life of the coin, though. No premium, it's worth 1 cent or maybe a little more.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Being out of circulation for 12 years is irrelevant, this coin had the previous 25 years to be damaged. BTW, I am not offering an opinion, I am making a statement of fact- this coin is definitely damaged. This type of damage is quite common and affects the outer digit of the date, I have seen dozens of them from various years posted here in the past five years.
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robplano I agree with others assessment of this being a damaged coin. Dont take this the wrong way but, We have all been there at one point in time when we have held something thinking its an error when in fact its not. |
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Welcome to the forum Robplano! I also agree with PMD (post mint damage). We see this type of damage alot on here. The end coins on the shotgun style rolls that complanies like Brinks and Dunbar send to banks sometimes get this damage. If you take this to a coin dealer be sure the dealer is familiar with error coins. Alot of dealers are not but will still give an answer instead of admitting their lack of experiance. Again welcome and we look forward to more posts from you. |
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 I concur that this is PMD even to the extent that every time I see one of these, I put it back into circulation. Well, actually that's not true since I am now holding on to all of my copper cents prior to 1982. However, all of the 1982 and after go back into circulation. P.S. I have encountered hundreds like this. Welcome to the forum. |
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When the damaged digit/mint mark show the parallel damage to the rim, it is coin wrapper damage. Probably happened the first time the coin was wrapped.
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Looks like this coin went back into circulation . Found in Texas about two years ago . Thought I found a true mint error . Ha .
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Edited by cwb
01/02/2017 1:09 pm
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Or the coin could have been damaged with a vending machine. The distortion is almost parallel to the rim of the coin. So I'm leaning also to coin damage.
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Another current thread of another Lincoln Cent with the exact same damage  |
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Posted 08/12/2010 5:04 pm
