I have had this coin for awhile and couldn't figure out what the deal was with it. After one of my last threads concluding it to be a feeder finger error I think this coin has that error as well. Notice in front of the ear and directly behind the head.
I cannot tell from the pics. But I have noted that many of the clad cents I look at seem to have a doubling or ghosting. I believe it is caused by the plating in the planchet. I understand the planchet is punched from the layered sheets. The rims created by rolling, finishing the planchet. Which is then fed to the press which strikes the images by impressing the dies on the heated metal. When this happens, I believe gases are forced from between the layers and there is also a suction created as the dies are released ? That creates a machine doubling effect. That's by what I have read. I have never witnessed the process personally, but I feel the explanation is accurate. gary
I know what it is you are talking about as I see them a lot. This is not trapped gases but scrapes. The pic doesn't show it well at all. The scrapes are in the field but not on the portrait it looks as if the scrapes were under the portrait because the portrait on the die in incuse thus the finger scrape skips over them. I'm 99% sure this is finger feeder scrapes. Two days ago I had no idea what a feeder finger scrape was.
I see them! If you have the software, you ought to overlay the front to the reverse. You said it is a MAD didn't you? It looks like the same thing you had on the reverse just weaker. (I still think the reverse looks like the memorial btw. Although I'm sure its a feeder finger error, it still looks odd.)
You are right Lincoln it looks similar as the other coin. I agree that the other coin looks like the Memorial building but looking closely I can see it is not. I have seen this error before on other coins but did not know what they were. After much thought the finger feeder scrape makes much more sense in my thick head. The way I finally got it was realizing the incuse on the die would have not been able to obtain a scrape thus looking like the lines go under the portrait.
Looks more like what happens when the dies are polished to remove unwanted gouges or dings. Remove the ding and the material goes with it and also some of Lincolns head.
rockdude this may be a first but I'm going to have to agree with you this time. this is what we call a abraided die coin in the error and variety collecting world. I like these where some of the die's design get's ground off. this was probably done to remove clash marks from the die.
