Hey guys, Came across this wheat and it looked odd. I examined with my loop and saw letters and numbers of a different size and font. Don't know much about these types of errors so any feedback would be great. I do have a hypothesis. There are these little dots on the reverse that look similar to the mercury dime symbol. Maybe it's a wrong Planchet Mercury? Just a guess.. thanks Vin
No it's not a wrong planchet error, it's just damage. If it were struck on a dime planchet it would be silver.
Vice job. Someone took 2 coins and squeezed the, together. It is a damaged coin worth 1 cent. Keep up the hunt!
"This 1920-P Lincoln Cent was broadstruck on an Argentina 10 centavos planchet weighing 3.1 grams. The U.S. Mint struck copper-nickel 10 centavos pieces for Argentina in 1920. One of the planchets passed through the upset mill, then found its way between Lincoln cent dies. The uncentered broadstrike is a second and probably unrelated mint error . Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions." http://www.error-ref.com/domestic-struck-on-foreign-planchet.html Just came across this.. I don't think it was viced by the look of it. IMO. Either thanks for the info..
Post-mint damage. Your coin was not struck on a foreign planchet because the size of the design in relation to the planchet appears normal for a cent.
I'm not sure what it is. Part of me says PMD, but the letters on the rim, the bust and above LIBERTY all appear to be raised not incused as you would expect to see on a vise job.
