It would be a lot easier if you told us what YOU see on the coin, so we can comment on your observation.
What a soothing pleasure to see an actual doubled die find!
I've seen a few 99% complete Lincoln Cent collections with laminations, (up to 1982), and one complete with the S-VDB, 22-P, 55 Doubled Die, etc.
it's a ragged end or end of strip clip.
It's plated, as mentioned numerous times above.
I'd say it's possible it's from a collar clash, or damage. There would be tens of thousands of them out there, as the die appears to be damaged...
Not a doubled die - either mechanical doubling, or 'split line copper plating' doubling.
It's genuine.
Maybe it's the lighting that was used, but it sure looks polished/wiped to me.
It's on a cent planchet, and the 60-65 ton pressure of striking it expands the diameter of the coin; also, it's a smaller planchet in a collar...
It's plated - no photo needed in this case. The weight is 1/10 of a gram more than a normal clad quarter - that's the plating.
From the photo only, and only seeing one side, it appears to be struck on a cent planchet, but wiped/buffed/cleaned.
You're right - I stand corrected.
The coin has been 'heated', and is now environmentally damaged. The raised 'bubble' is due to the heating of the coin. It's a damaged/altered...
Nice example of a die crack - I remember first finding these back in the late 50's/early 60's. At that time, finding die cracks, blob letters and...
I don't believe there is any new release date for the 7th Edition of the CPG. The last release was for the 6th Edition, Volume 1, which came out...
The 'oil pan' story was from Arnie Margolis, who heard it directly from an ex-employee. There were other sources for SF Errors also.
How can the article be concealed if it's there, online?
There's no 'pops' on things like this. Although I've seen Proof Ike Dollar Off Metals, and one or two others on Aluminum, they're all unique...
The coin is genuine, it came out in the '70's when lots of dramatic Proof error coins came out of the SF Mint, and I bought many of them at the...
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