Lincoln Penny Error

Hello, newbie coin collector here. I found this Lincoln penny and I can’t tell if it’s a product of a minting error or possible damage just due to wear and tear. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

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Poor Lincoln took many years of beating. PMD post mint damage. Welcome and keep looking.


Eric.

 

It has been subjected to what we lovingly refer to as "road rash".

Chris

 

road rash or parking lot find. PMD

 

Road rage

 

keep it as a novelty

 

Too bad. It might have been a 1910-S or 1930-S both HUGE coins.

 

It almost looks like intentional damage. Look how many different directions there are to the gouges.

 

Only logical reply I have seen. No one really looks at the pics i suppose.lol. seen a couple of your replies on others including one of mine. Definitely not done from "Road rage" either a strange mint test or internal. I'm leaning on internal with a pen soldering iron. My question is wouldn't it have a shiner surface on the marks or will it quickly turn to top layer color. Most scratched and dents seem shiner. I have a penny where the nose is spackled possibly from air bubble pop at the mint and someone spackled before it left the mint.

 

We can guess all day on what caused it but it's just damage.

 

Some people pay good money if it's damaged at the mint and not after

 

Well, this one does NOT have an "at the mint" plausible explanation, but lots of "after" ones.

 

Selling it ? Let me know

 

How? Small pen sodering iron. Like the ones you do detail wood engravings . But the color would be off or brighter in those areas . Yes maybe No? What do you think

 

Let’s start with small chisels and hammers, long ago. And it goes on from there. There simply is no “at the mint” answer, and that should end the conversation right there. “When you’ve eliminated the impossible, what remains is the truth, no matter how unlikely.”

 

These bad dents aren't shiny because
the coin circulated after someone damaged
it.

Don't know what you mean by 'strange mint test'
or 'internal'.

I assure you it's not a mint 'testing' anything,
and if you mean someone did it internally at the
Mint, that's not correct either.

As I've said numerous times, you'd be surprised what
people do to their coins on purpose, and/or what can
occur to coins by accident. Please remember just because
it looks a bit different, doesn't mean it's an error.

And, minting coins is a manufacturing process - there
are coins struck from worn or overused dies, or other
minor anomalies that are part of the minting process,
and might be interesting in the study of the minting process,
but are not considered errors -

 

Meant intentional. Sorry.

 

Intentional, AFTER it left the mint. People are cruel, you know? Especially to poor helpless little bronze coins that never hurt NOBODY, darn it! I say it's "cent abuse"! We need to STAMP OUT cent abuse!. Hashtag! #AbeToo?

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I swear have you seen the ones they make into buttons. Lol

 

More than I care to think about, now that you mention it.