1961 Lincoln cent struck on a Canadian penny 1952-2002

I have this penny Whit something interesting for me is a nice one

 

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You have a wonderful imagination.

 

Nada.. Nothing

That's a normal Cent.
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@cpm9ball .. Enjoy

 

Soo it's a fake one because I can see the crown the eye of the quen

 

Ok thanks I think I'm done with this this is not for me lol

 

That is damage

 

Thanks

 

Before you look for mint errors you need to first educate yourself the proper minting process. In other words.. How coins are made.

 

you have to understand MOST youtube videos are made from people that have no clue. They give false information and they see "things" ... but none of them will ever get their "rare" coin certified as they can't.

When you get enough experience you'll find, say, 1 in 100 youtube videos about coins actually worthwhile.

with the coin struck on foreign planchets .. please find verifiable information (not youtube but from viable websites such as the canadian mint or pcgs) before searching for such an oddball error.

I don't know why people are looking to "discover" new unfound errors ... one needs to have the basic expertise to find existing errors.

 

THIS!!! You can never expect to identify what is or isn't an error without a good knowledge of how coins are made. Then and only then will you be able to sort the good from the bad! Also, the reason some coins are valuable is because they are rare and difficult to find. If they were that easy they would be common and worthless.

 

Ic this message is the answer to everything thanks a lot

 

Canadian cents are heavier. If you would have weighed this coin,
you could have saved yourself a lot of wasted time and effort.
3.24g/ 3.11g.
The Canadian cent has a slightly larger diameter 19.05 MM/ 19.00MM
so it probably doesn't fit into the US cent coin minting machine anyway.

But let's ignore that and say it was an already minted Canadian cent, that somehow got into the mint facility and was restruck as a Lincoln.
First it's 50/50 that the same sides line up.
Now, you have the EXACT same orientation of the busts. This is a high speed process and that is a million to 1 shot.

 

@paddyman98, tell me you don’t see Freddie Mercury on that coin?!

oh, wrong Queen. Never mind.

 

I believe your imagination is stronger than mine was over 40 years ago when I started out collecting. I can only imagine how many days you have spent on this coin. It is heavily damaged from years of use and the circle marks on Lincoln's head and some of the letters is from coin roller damage at the bank. Always remember that copper is super soft and gets many dings and scratches from normal circulation.

 

Thanks I really appreciate it

 

You sure are welcome and don't blame yourself for looking so long at the coin. All of us do the same thing when we first started out. This will be a awesome learning experience for you. It is easy for beginners to imagine all sorts of things . When you learn to tell circulation damage from a real mint error it will get a lot easier but this can take a very long time.Hang in there and keep at it.