1974-D LMC Help Identify Error

The bend in the date is from Lincoln's shoulder under LIBERTY pressing into the date and damaging it.

All I can say it's a small date 74, very interesting coin.

idont get it,

it looks like there is extra copper.. look at the rim

but if you see where the "extra" metal crosses over the 4 in 1974 it doesn't make sense to me.

it is raised.. and it flowes perfect. it does not seem to have added metal.
it does look like someone just put it in a vice and impressioned the letters liberty, but how come it doesn't look round like the shape of another penny struck it? I see no evidence of another coin, except for the liberty impressioned on my coin..

look at the rim.. if another penny was hammered to it, the coin must have been pretty HOT to have been impressioned like that and you dont see any other strikes... ALSO..look at the number 4.. if it was struck with another cent, why does it look like then that the one part of the 4 that was HIT is elevated. if it were struck then it would be pressed down, not up..

i cannot believe what I'm hearing.. no one sees the LUMP on the right side? if it were stuck why is it mounded? where did this extra copper come from? the extra liberty is struck in the field, which is lower than the rim.. look at the rim and the field.. the rim and field are the same height.. if it was hit by another penny, you would see a difference in height from the rim and field.. seriously.. am I the only one that sees this?

the coin is not bent. its flat.. so the field is not raised.

there is no evidence anywhere on the coin that it has been hit with a hammer and penny between it...

Why would it have to be hot? Copper is a fairly soft metal, any type of solid impact will leave a mark.


The "lump" on the right side is an indent of the backside of Lincoln's shoulder.


And that is the crux of the situation- the rim and fields are NEVER the same height unless the coin has been smashed.

The obliteration of the rims on the right side indicate the site of impact. Only IBERT is visible so the two coins were not aligned when struck which is why the L is missing. On the left side of the coin, you can see the rim impression from the other coin starting at the base of Lincoln's shoulder running up to LIB. Seriously, go grab a hammer and Two Cents and attempt to recreate it- it is really that simple.

There's nothing left to say that nobody else hasn't already said. So I will repeat them again, since that's obviously what the original poster needs to see. This is a damaged coin, to those who know what they are looking at it is quite obvious, and all you are seeing on the coin is the result of it being set face up on a rough surface, another coin placed on top of it, and hit hard with a hammer. This is most likely not a vise job, but I cannot rule it out completely except to say that the marks on the reverse are very indicative of concrete or some other porous, hard surface...not the teeth of a vise.

Either way - the coin is still damaged. There is no error to see here. These are very frequently reported as errors by beginners, and the many of us here who have years and years of experience (I have over 30 years experience myself) seeing all sorts of odd coins reported are VERY familiar with this type of alteration.

Best advice - toss it back and keep looking. You might find something of value if you stop focusing on arguing over this damaged coin and move on to something else.