Hi there, I have recently inherited my Dads coin collection which he was given by his father who travelled a lot. I have found a 1966 Silver Lincoln Penny. I have spent the last week trying to find information about it but nothing that tells me anything for sure. It's shiny and silver in colour, so I am thinking it is part of the 'special minted series'. Because it has a rather large 'cud' on the rim pouring over onto Lincolns face, I can only assume a blank was struck by the wrong die. The lettering around the rim also touches the rim with no border, and there seems to be a crack right across his face. Can anyone enlighten me?
Is that a normal thing that people would do to forge a coin? If solder was all over the coin then would the lettering and crack on his face (which photo won't show very well) still be so detailed? Sorry for my lame questions
No, it's not a normal thing. Some people just get bored and need to kill some time. It could also be that someone was trying to make it into a piece of jewelry. Solder can flow very thin and still leave the coin looking normal. That blob isn't a cud, it's a heavy drop of solder. If you expose it to some heat you will see that solder flow.
Thanks. Someone has also just said that solder won't stick to the coin. So looks like il be doing an experiment later today. Will post outcome
There are different types of solder, different fluxes used with solder , and many different temperature ranges of solder. Higher temperature rosin core solder ( electrician), heated with a generic low temperature iron will most likely glob up like this one. The person here was probably using silver solder/acid flux with a jewelers torch.
Hi Jessica, welcome to CT. Starting a new thread and posting pictures would be better, each case is different.
