Found in OBW ROLL... OH Mike Diamond!! Or anyone else for insight!

Check out this neat coin, blast red BU and found in a bank wrapped roll of 1995 Lincolns. I was looking for the Double Die but found this.. Is it post mint damage or a true error?

 

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Holy mackerel! I'll say something goofed up in the minting process...a true mint error. What? I have absolutely nooooo idea, never saw anything quite like this before.

 

Hard to say. I'll GUESS after mint damage, I claim zero knowledge at errors.

 

I don't know what to think.... I have never seen one this dramatic.

 

Wow! That is an interesting find to say the least. I am far from an error expert but it looks genuine to me. The letters on the rim are raised so it would not be a sandwich job; the raised letters would have been made by the dies. I'll go out on a limb and guess that it may be a double-struck coin with the first strike off-center and the second strike normal. That would explain the raised letters on Lincoln's bust and the rims.

 

Gosh I hope you are right! If Mike Diamond agrees with you I will probably send this one in to get certified.

 

Tdec,
Congrats!
That 95 is a mighty fine coin! I have never seen a 95 bu so well struck and have that much character.
I notice on the reverse a possible die crack on the top of the N of ONE... if I follow that track it goes southeast to the center of the E then curves up and over the C in a nice manner. That is the only part that looks more like a die clash to me. The rest of the coin obverse and reverse... WOW! is about all I can say!
jeankay

 

Unfortunately it's a squeeze job or post-strike mint damage. The incuse, mirror-image letters of AMERICA on the obverse and the rim impression on the reverse make that perfectly clear.

 

If the inverted RICA is pressed into the coin, then it is probably a sandwich job. The crescent shaped dent on the reverse implies where the force was applied to the coin. Where it happened is anyone’s guess.

The photo makes the inverted RICA look in relief which would need to be described by an interesting tale of brockage strikes.

Very best regards,
collect89

 

It has the markings of a squeeze job, but coming from a mint roll, I would guess it happened at the mint somehow. Maybe some coins stacked in the die?

 

There is damage that appears to be from a coin counter, probably where the coins were rolled ( transport company?). Perhaps this baby got jammed badly against other coins in a squeeze. Just a thought, as I believe it occurred after leaving the mint.

Jim