The reverse of this 1992 Coin very interesting pls see...

Hi All
Some weeks ago I found this 1992 coin. The obverse has some minor scratches strikes/clash? Anywhoo, if you look at the reverse and look between the pilars you will see a pattern. I do not know for sure if its double die (of pillars??) or what it is for sure but it sure is interesting. I sure hope these pictures are clear for you as I did my best to provide clear pictures. There is colored blue visible spots (dye) here and there and if you notice on the reverse upper left corner there is also a blue rectangle between the D in United and the S in States. I have come across many coins (pennies specifically, covered totally in blue, red or white colored dye, but this particular one was not totally covered with the dye except that it has some spots. I have decided I would keep these coins that are covered in these dyes, why?? I dont know. What do you great people full of wisdom think of this coin? Its so very interesting to see that the field is clean and soft yet between the pillars theres this pattern I cannot make out, and its a pattern that is perfectly between the pillars. I thought maybe someone took a pen to the coin and scribble into it but there is no scratch marks, and the copper color fine, smooth and untouched. No indication at all someone might have put a pen to it.
I really hope the pics are good ones for you to view. Please pardon me if the pics are not so great, but Im doing my best. Thanks everybody!

 

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im no expert but i would sat that any color on a coin is probably ink or paint the fact that its in the low spots just means that it wore or flaked off. i was going to say you might have something with those designs between the pillars, but i have to say it was probably a pen some time ago and the copper corroded back to the color of the rest of the coin.

 

Hi
and thank you for your response. I do see what you mean about the ink. Yet I do not see any damage whatsoever a pen could have made on the rest of the design (pillars). I would imagine the point of a pen would make so serious deep damage but there is no indication of this. My guess from observing many a penny in the last months if it were corrotion would not the penny be an ugly color. This coin, although having this pattern between the pillars is prestine in color and smoothness. But hey I'm no expert either so that's why I posted. Evenso I'm fascinated enough to keep it. When I found the other colored coins they had come in rolls of seemingly bright new coins and wondered if they came from the mint that way. But said it write when you said the ink flakes off, it doesn't chip or off like paint would nor smear like ink would if it where either. Thank you much for responding.

 

Blue color doesn't magically appear on coins. It was put there by someone that was bored. Stop being naive and just face the facts that you have nothing special except an inky coin.

 

Hi
yes, your probably right about the possibility of ink being used AND as I initially noted, and your right could be that I'm just naive...but my naive(ness) causes me to seek a more intellectual answer, (ie joining cointalk) about the pattern itself and not the ink .... Which you did not give me.

 

I have to agree with ' wazza '. If anything else it's still post mint damage. Wazza's reasoning seems well founded to me. If you look closely to where Lincon ' IS' someone or someting left that impression with that " ink " or what ever it is. You can make out the sides of ABE's chair on each side of that groove. No mint machine can do something like that.
For a second there I thoight you had a ' CLOSE AM ' 1992 LMC. Now wouldn't that be nice?

 

Hi
thank you for a more clarifying response. I see what you mean. If the picture were clearer you can see that it's as if Lincolns legs were stretched long making it interesting. Just think it's an interesting pattern to see on an otherwise usually clean background. Than you again!

 

O and zec, yes it would have made a cool close 1992 find! I found my second spaced 1998 A M and I even though it's not the 99 or 2000 I was surely excited! LOL!

 

I beleive the 1998 wide A M (WAM) is the second rarest of the WAM'S. I hope it is in good condition too. It's a nice cent to pass along with the rest of your coins. Keep searchin' there's more out there.

 

A nice closeup shot of the Memorial may help???

 

I did a quick test taking a ball point pen and running it up and down between the columns. I wiped away the ink and voila!

Before:



After:

 

Yes, thank you zek, my 98s are in very good condition. I going to try add some other pics to this post of the inked coins I referred to earlier, just so you could get a glimpse of what I was referring to. Thanks so much for your input and time.

 

Jello, my scanner is down and I tried to get the best shot I could with my iphone.

 

YAY! My 1992 does look similiar to this thanks ikandiggit!! I must remember to do the tests! Check out the pics of the coins I had referred to earlier with the ink only on the obverse side. They are all 1998, 1999, and 2000 and I found them in different rolls, some within days of one another.

 

I find painted coins on occasion and I keep them just for fun,

 

Yes, I've had these since I started collecting n decided to keep them too. Do you see why I questioned the 1992 with the ink between the pillars? Ha ha thanks for hanging in there with me! LOL!

 

ummmm.. diggit that penny you scraped up with a pen... are the two images of the same coin? cause both pillars to the left of lincon look doubled. or im just on crack. its one of the two.

 

i have a lot of different colored pennies too. i'm saving every one of them. i also save the coins that are toned. they are worth 1 cent, but to me, i wonder if the colors were applied by a kid in 1942 or dropped in a pool of oil. just small pieces of history.

 

If it's the extra lines parallel to the columns, it's on most of the cents:

 

Ouch.