Discovered this find while combing through some of my old rolls of lincoln cents. Not sure on what type of error this would be considered, so any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. As you can see in the photograph's (took some with negative contrast to help as well), there is a "plus" symbol or could be a half strike of something else above the date that looks like the coin was struck more than once due to the doubling of the "plus" symbol. What makes it even more interesting is that once I took the magnified photo of the coin, I could see the "2" in 2001 is there, but very small. At first I thought it was a die slip, which it could be, but the comet trail that is impressed from above the date to the mint mark is apparent on the reverse as well. So my 2nd thought is double strike. Below the bowtie of lincoln, if you zoom in a little is a ghosting of the 2 and a doubling of the bowtie a little further beween the jacket lapel and his shoulder, so is it a misaligned die. My last thought was partial fragment when struck. Nothing unusual with the weight either, 2.5g when weighed. Any thoughts will be most appreciated. Thanks
Yes, this cent was double struck. Once at the mint, looking like every other cent that leaves the mint. Then again in someones garage with some kind of counter stamp driven by a hand held hammer. Good eye, but not well trained. Keep looking!
I thought the same, pmd or faked... until I looked closer. In this photo, look inside the first zero and to the right of the "star or pluse" symbol. There are raised "2's" and on Lincoln's neck is a mirror of the symbol. In the lower right of this photo, there is a raised ridge line that is apparent also. These are just a few of what made me consider otherwise than pmd. If I'm wrong, then won't be the 1st or the last, but if I'm correct, then.... well, I would be .10¢ richer
You can argue until you are blue in the face, but no matter how you look at this coin, it was damaged by some mo-mo with too much time on his hands. Research how coins are made. it's real easy now with google and bing. Then look for real errors.
Anyone want to tell us where the 7s one right side up looks like other is upside down inside the punch mark. Can it be from a true mint mistake? Seems it would be hard to place that 7 that looks like a 7 in a mint mark that perfect inside a pmd damaged coin.
With the raised bump on the reverse corresponding to the dent in the obverse we can safely assume it's PMD. It couldn't have been struck like that. Once you determine that the coin has been damaged post mint, and this one has, you don't have to try and figure out how it was done. There are a million ways to damage a coin. It's a waste of time.
One set of dies strikes millions of coins. For this to be a "true" mint error, that would have to be a part of the die, making your error one of millions. Has anyone seen another one like this? Nu-uh! Don't spend it all in one place.
I have a 2001d that I just found in my change that has a zero or the letter o stamped under the TY in LIBERTY. wouldn't that be an error from the mint?
Hey Les Dawg! start a new thread, post pictures of the full coin and at least one close up of what you think you see. Then describe in as much detail what "you" think is the error after research.
