Coin Characteristic Quiz#2

Put your thinking cap on but don't think too hard...

Describe what you see on the edge of this Lincoln cent to someone who cannot see it.. Then tell what could cause this effect and what did you see on the edge to come to that conclusion.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

What I see is an unusual concave edge. Normal striking in a collar would not allow this, as the collar would fill normally under pressure. Short of being a fake, I am not aware of what could cause this.

Is this what you were looking for @Insider ?

 

YES! Good eye. great description too:

medoraman, posted: "...unusual concave edge. Normal striking in a collar would not allow this, as the collar would fill normally under pressure."

 

Looks to me like someone took an ice skate sharpening tool to it.

 

So it's shaped like railroad track? Where the center part of the rim is lower than the edge of the rim?

 

The center of the edge is lower (dips down) than the borders = "concave."

 

It was in a bezel that was too tight for the cent.

 

An un-natural concave edge possibly because the rim was abnormally raised and the metal was unable to flow correctly when struck

 

Bezel? How can a coin fit into a bezel that was too small to begin with?

 

Hey... I am not a physicist.... Obviously!

 

It seems like everything related to "mechanical" during the minting process would create a bulging/rounded rim... not concave rim.

 

Could a high speed polishing job push enough metal out like that?

 

Someone list all the things that can happen to a coin to create this concave edge.

 

Perhaps BUT...

What would a polished edge look like? Is the edge of this coin original? Is there any evidence of polishing?

 

Encased Cent ~ Chris

 

Dryer, escalator, coin counter, or any other rotating machinery. Of course this should be obvious by looking at the obverse and reverse of the coin. Due to the uniformity of the concave edge I’m guess a lathe. May have been in a lucky penny token at some time. Just a WAG.

 

One of those “good luck” holders? Those are struck to contract the hole and permanently fix the cent

 

Just a guess but maybe part of the collar was worn or damaged. Sticking around for the correct answer(s).

 

I was thinking he meant a round mount that can be tightened once the coin is put inside. Someone placed the coin in, then overtightened it and it stayed that way for decades. Now, why someone would put a Lincoln Cent in a bezel would be beyond me.....

 

either a lathe or the collar was that shape, how many of that anomaly were struck?