1979 Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC Struck On Dime Planchet

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vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 04:56 am Picked this up a while back and wanted to share. The reverse does have some light scratches and the obverse, although it looks cleaned in the picture, does not apear that way in hand, even under a loupe The seller and I came up with a very fair price so I could not refuse swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 05:17 am I just love those off metal strikes. I have a few crazies like this from various countries around the World, but chiefly from Great Britain. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 05:32 am Yeah, they are pretty wacky all right :-) swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
tumbleweedtrumpet Pillar of the Community United States 1418 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 07:57 am Wow, that's nice! Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19947 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 09:28 am VERY cool! Congrats! Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
Jim1953 Pillar of the Community United States 2600 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 10:07 am I hope you got a big discount for it being a memorial reverse.... Great coin, Jim Report this Post to the Staff
Newbismatic Valued Member United States 380 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 11:05 am Does it have the reeded edges or plain? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 11:10 am It would have to be plain. Cents don't have a reeded edge and it probably didn't touch the collar too much anyway. Reeding happens during the striking of the coin in the collar. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 3:48 pm Exactly as coop stated, plain edge. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 6:12 pm Perhaps a matter of semantics, but there is a difference that comes out in value. An "off metal" coin is a coin struck on a planchet cut to the size for the coin - just of the wrong composition. This error is different - it is a cent struck on a dime planchet - not an 'off metal strike'. There is also such thing as 'wrong stock strike' coins where, say, clad made for a dime is run through the blanking press for quarters producing quarters as thin as dimes. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 7:39 pm I think the 1970-D Quarter struck on dime stock would be a good example and quite common for this type of error. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 7:44 pm Besides being thinner, they are also weaker struck: Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 8:12 pm great error! Report this Post to the Staff
Ricardocody Pillar of the Community United States 1204 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 8:27 pm I want one of these so bad ! I ll keep looking . Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 01/27/2011 9:34 pm Thanks everyone. I am pretty sure the later dates get more rare. I think the latest one I saw was in an NGC holder and it was a 2003 or 2006. As we all know, technology improves, so are the chances of finding less errors :-( swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
Newbismatic Valued Member United States 380 Posts	Posted 02/01/2011 8:37 pm Very cool... What kind of thing happens in the mint for the wrong planchet or wrong stock? Just plain old human error? Report this Post to the Staff
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1979 LWC Struck On Dime Planchet