I have a 194? either 46 or 48 i think penny and on the tails side of the penny there is a slight imprint of lincoln's head can anyone give me a little insight on what i might have??? can post pics if i can get some good shots of it thanks
there are two good pics of the tails side and one of the front Hope that helps it is in fact a 1946 Edit: looking at the two pics it is hard to tell but the image of the head (on the tails side of the coin) in person seems to be a little depressed
I can't really tell by the picture, but judging by what you said, it sounds like ol' Lincoln took a hit to the noggin. PMD.
Welcome to CT! There are a lot of very knowledgeable error coin folks on CT...unfortunately, I'm not one of them. This is just a guess, but it looks like your coin may be a brockage error...where another coin (already struck) was pressed into your planchet. That may account for the spreading out of Lincoln's image on the reverse. Again...just a guess, but I think it may have happended before your coin was struck due to the nice reverse detail. Please take my comments with a grain of salt until a real error coin person can confirm/refute what I've said.
:welcome: to CT! The pictures are blurry so it's a little hard to tell what it looks like. You should use a scanner or other camera if you have one. But it's probably just wear and tear.
This is probably like one of those 3D posters where you have to relax and defocus your eyes to see the image. It's easy for me since my eyes are naturally defocused. The OP has the reverse pictures upside down so you can see the Lincoln image rightside up. The image is facing left instead of right and is much fatter than the regular obverse Lincoln. With those hints, everyone should be able to see the Lincoln image plain as day.
This is a type of die deterioration, sometimes called "ghosting". It does not carry a significant premium. It is very common on 40s and 50s wheat cents. It is a cool conversation piece though.
Yes, ghosting with a grease filled last digit in the date. Not really worth any premium, but a good converation piece.
There are many weak dates on this year. I suspect it is probably from using a worn hub to create the dies. I've seen where the dates was extremely weak, but the mint mark was strong, leaving me to think this was the case. The dies were over used during this time as well. The ghost image on the reverse I feel was a result of many polishing to cover die clashes. whith the thinning of the die in that area the outline of the head appears from the strike on the thinned area of the reverse die. With sheer number of weak dates for this year, I can't see a struck through grease error is the cause.
