Hi everyone, I found a beautiful 1990 S Lincoln Penny, and am hoping you can tell me some good news about it. Regardless if this is a DDR Lincoln penny or not I was excited to find it in a new roll of penny's, then I noticed on the R side The letter A in STATES has something going on. Mechanical doubling? it doesn't look flat shelf like to me but rather raised on the letter A, or maybe PMD? I am far from saying I know my coins and need a expert although I am hoping you will tell me it is a DDR, also please look at the other letters in E PLURIBUS (is there any kind of doubling going on there?) it is hard for me to tell what is going on because of the shine to the coin but I did notice on some of the letters it looks like there split on the ends and again still not sure there either. I will include a few different pics with diff. highlighted colors I took. Thanks for your input its always helpful. Kim ,
I can't tell anything from those images. Is your lighting one of those circular LED thingys on a USB microscope? If so, can you turn it off and use some form of conventional lighting? Chris
Hi Chris, I will. Here is another pic. I know the coin is not worth more than face value but I'm not sure what to call it. While facing the coin its off to the left side of the A. Is this what you would call PMD? I have a few other coins that are pretty cool that looks like they were letters that are pealed back but I don't think they would be called the same thing as this coin, I am so not sure. There is just so much to coins and by reading still does not explain to me what I need to know for instance they tell you how a coin gets its clad or missing clad layer but it says nothing about the color. I have many coins that are what I think missing clad layers and some that are the dark brown red with what people say is environmental damage but the coin has no reeding edge. Anyway that's another time. I appreciate your help and time. Kim
Kim, please don't use the "Thumbnail" to post your images. It's useless! Use the "Full Image" option. It looks like it might be a plating bubble, but I'm not sure. Most likely, the discolored coins you have are the result of environmental damage. One of resident metal detectorists @paddyman98 can show you scads of photos of coins that have discolored after being buried. Chris
Missing Clad Layer is an issue that only occurs on Clad coins such as Dimes, Quarters, Dollars such as SBA's and Kennedy Halves. It occurs before the Blank Planchet is struck when the Clad layer is Mechanically Bonded onto a Copper core. Sometimes they miss one side and all you have is the exposed copper. It's rare but it occurs. Environmental Damage happens on Clad coins due to long exposure to soil, sand, dirt and the elements of the weather. I Metal Detect and have found hundreds of examples of Clad layers that have had the color altered. These are mistaken for a Missing Clad layer error when they really aren't.
@FOREVERYOUNG Oh.. And just because it does not have a reeded edge doesn't mean it's an Error. Most of the time its worn and damaged
Because the missing clad layers look so much like the coin pictures you are showing me, how can you no forsure? I know you know, but how would I know the difference? Is it the texture, color, the weight? Because I have many coins even the State Quarters that look like missing clad layers. I don't want to post them to ask because I have so many different kinds of them. I no that a few of them are forsure not clad missing ones because there kinda ruff looking like found in dirt but some of them look like the pictures they show online. Do they come all the same I mean if its for instance a 1995 D quarter has missing clad layer does that mean other ones for that same year will be missing the clad layer . Thanks for your help. Kim
Even the ones you are showing me look like missing clad layers like I see online. I do have the same one as you are showing me. the 1976 quarter and it looks just like yours and that is one of the ones I thought was missing the clad layer. Kim
@FOREVERYOUNG the following coins are cladding errors: THESE ARE NOT So with out seeing your coin it’s hard for us to tell what you do or don’t have. Hope this helps, Reed.
