1964 Lincoln Cent Clash?

Get two like coins, stack them on the concrete, smash with sledge hammer. Show us the photos

 

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No use vise grip pliers or just a strong vise. and what You you get is two smashed and
very damaged coins. if it takes two coins to make contact marks I would like to see both of them. millions of coins sit on top of each other everyday at the mint and this doesn't happen that would mean all the coins sitting under the top coins would have contact marks and this doesnt happen.

1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468)

 

^ an even better idea !!! smash a stack, perhaps somewhere along the force path the conditions are just right

Kids do not try this and home, and wear your safety glasses anyway

 

You were right I had the coin looked at earlier today I just got back in so
I didnt get a chance to post it. There is debris from the die the guy said
above and inside the D. He snap a few decent shots for me also.

Thanks!!

 

Well, I still think it could be a dropped element even though Mike Diamond doesn't.

Chris

 

He said they should be able to tell from the new photos I just posted.

 

Not really sure what to make of the new pictures, though it still looks like the D fades out instead of ending abruptly. And I'm not really sure what "debris from the die inside the D" you are referring to.

Hope it turns out to be the real deal.

 

AWORDCREATED there is a way to tell a real dropped letter that has been struck into a planchet by the coin die from a sunken in letter from hammering the coins together. don't ask for this info. because the folks tinkering with the coins already have more info. than they need to have. the D on the OP'S coin looks like it is a full D and is partially filled in with debris from many years of use.

 

Tommy_cent sent me some better photos. Since the area to left of the D fails to show the E of cent, and since this area is part of the same high-relief zone occupied by the D, I'm willing to provisionally accept the diagnosis of a dropped letter. Please be advised, however, that it is possible for someone to cut the raised D from a normal cent, mount the letter on a dowel, and tap it into a coin, creating an isolated incuse letter. There's an example at this link:

http://www.coinworld.com/articles/isolated-incuse-letter-on-2001-d-1-probably-n

 

That's pretty cool mike, and congrats to tommy on the find!

Learn something new every day.

 

Still finding cool stuff Tommy! Congrats!

 

Thanks Guys!!