Help with Odd Lincoln

Can anyone help me with this one? The cent is a 1964-d and the obverse

is undamaged. Wondering what caused the error and if it has any value. Is

this what they call a brockage?

 

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Here is the obverse

My scanner is not the best and the color is a tad off because of the bad scan.

 

Hammer job. Someone got another coin and put it on top of the coin and hit the coin with a hammer to get that. Here is a real brockage http://www.fredweinberg.com/inventory/item.asp?ID=4246

 

Jerome:
I don't think that it is a hammer job. For one thing, a hammer job would have some effect on the obverse, and there doesn't appear to be any obverse damage.

The reverse looks like it is a struck thru, as in struck thru a piece of scrap.

(I am sure that Mike Diamond will be along shortly to correct me if I am wrong, but it looks ligit to me).

 

I hope it is not just a hammered coin

I just tried to hammer a few cents and it bent the coins everytime and did not make a crater like this coin has. It did make a mirrored impression on the coins though.

 

Not a hammer job,

I also think it is the same effect as a brockage but this coin was struck through a fragment as opposed to being struck by another coin stuck to a die. I think Treashunt nailed it

By the way, if I'm right, this is a pretty neat error. like the rest of us, I always wait for Mike's thoughts.

Have Fun,
Bill

 

As others have concluded, it's a brockage from a struck fragment. A very nice find.

 

Thanks everyone

Thanks everyone!
Now i just need to find out what it might be worth.

 

sometimes coinage will post a what the error is worth segment in their mag

 

Value of error

The owner of the coin wants me to sell it on ebay if it has any decent value. Any ballpark figures? The owner is a customer of my coin shop.

 

I'd guess $100 or thereabouts.

 

Thanks

Thanks Mike.