1961 Lincoln Memorial Cent

It's just a Plated Cent!

 

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Member since 12/1/2017 with no posts...how do we know you aren't a troll...show me your wavy steps

 

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No we don’t want to see your wavy steps. Want to see mine? If yours doesn’t look like this then it’s
Not one. Sorry if that doesn’t work for you. Hey we all have different opinions and you asked for people’s opinions. Don’t complain when you don’t agree with someone’s opinion when you ask for it. Thats just rude.

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Okay everyone... please make note that dear Edward must only be told what he wants to hear, even if he doesn't appear to have heard anything here. No matter as the onus is still on us to apologize for our nonexistent "negativity" towards his thus far unposted coin/coins.

Reality is meaningless, folks; after all, this isn't his first barbecue...

 

Poor little thing. I hope 2018 goes better for you.

 

I'm not a troll I'm real and i hope this photo comes out
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Sorry, that one goes nowhere for me.

 

It didn't come out, so you're not real yet. Get back in the saddle, try it again...

 

You guys are funny lol

 

Please consider that primary reasons the “experts” find things of value is that they know the minting process, and have spent years looking at coins. They know what PMD, Machine Doubling and minor errors look like, so when they post a possible error, it is likely to be real and unusual.

Inexperienced collectors will post things that look different. A high percentage of this stuff is not worth anything and many times, this forum gets frequent posts asking about the very same issue (questions about Plated cents are a weekly occurrence). Nothing wrong with that, that’s how they learn. Most of the “experts” that you denigrate, truly like to share their knowledge and help new collectors. But the patience for some wears thin when an inexperienced collector insists that the people giving them help are wrong, even when it’s obvious that the coin suffered pot mint damage.

Mr. Torrence continued to insist he had something of value, when the preponderance of evidence said he had a coin that was plated after it left the mint. He was even shown - with facts – why it couldn’t be struck on a foreign planchet, as he posited.

I believe you should be the one apologizing to Mr. Torrence for giving him such poor advice. In addition, other new collectors may find this thread while searching for information and be badly misled if they send a coin like this for authentication. That is $30-50 that could have been spent on other hobby books or coins. You’ve said that this isn’t your first BBQ. Maybe you’ve attended some, but I think you have a long way to go before attempting to use the smoker.

 

The coin is a normal 1961 Lincoln cent that has had something done to the surface after it left the mint.

My opinion is plating or perhaps rubbed with mercury.

If you have $50 or $60 to waste, send it in to the so-called experts at one of the grading services....NGC, PCGS or ANACS.