1918 lincoln possible strike through

When to my local gas-station this morning, and they had a bag of wheat cents for me, here one I found, this happen many of years ago, what ever it is, and, have to come up with better then " PMD " lol also has a nice split planchet (Reverse)

 

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ummm, lottsa PMD looks like someone tried to crunch it in a vise..

 

All that is a whole lotta PMD.

 

I just found a bent 1918 cent today.

 

I know its a good coin to talk about, what ever got stuck between the planchet and die caused some issues

 

It looks like it was struck through a car-crusher.........over and over and over again!

Chris

 

Rick - How do you know it is a split planchet? With that much damage I would tend to think that
a) it's just more damage
b) would be too hard to tell if it actually was a split planchet.

 

masticated.......

 

Rich

Not a chance

 

I look at the strike through, like a ice glacier, carving its way, just thinking

 

You're talking about the dent going through Abe's chest right?

 

ya, you can see how it starting carving into his lower side of his face

 

That coin didn't leave the mint in that condition.

 

Agreed.

 

I do agree with that, you could never prove it, thats for sure

 

that dent in his chest if where the coin started folding as the kid screwed the vise tighter an tighter, an the opposite side shows the stress cracks in the metal...

 

And the two flat parts of the rim opposite is where the coin was touching the vice.

 

Damage, plain and simple.

 

yuppers, some kid trying to fold a penny an it probably flew out of the vise an got lost, then found some time later while someone was sweeping the shop an tossed into a change jar...

 

it is pretty cool, know it happen a long time ago, I did find a 39 with a nice split planchet, ( reverse ) I'll post it tomorrow