1974 Lincoln Rare error

Happy Sunday all. I just found this coin in a roll this morning. I was wondering what you guys think about this coin. It looks really nice but I dont know if it is a true error. Is this a PMD

 

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Not an error that's a counterstamp(damage)but still neat. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterstamp#:~:text=noun,2 : a numismatic countermark

 

What would your best guess be?

How do you think this would happen in the minting process?

 

not sure but Ive seen double struck coins, wrong reserve or obverse on a coin. I guess I need a lot more learning to do.

 

It’s called a counter stamp. Not an error by any means as it was applied after it left the mint. It’s considered damage but there are collectors of counter stamped coins. People like me for example. I do limit myself to the ones on early coinage up to and including the Civil War.

 

Thank, I just saw a few examples of the counter stamp. I just saw ebay listing and People actually collect these type of coins.

 

Yes.. I've told you before don't assume everything strange is automatically a mint error.

 

Counter stamped coins are very collectible, especially the older issues prior to the Civil War.

 

Yes, grasshopper.

 

I maybe wrong but this looks like the opposite of counterstamped. I see raised metal and not indented. My eyes are old but anyone else see this? Can counterstamped mean a raised stamp?

 

It's your eyes tricking you.. It's your perception. Look at it longer..
Definitely counterstamped.

 

Yup, found my glasses

 

Now for the next question.. Is the counterstamp a letter W or M

 

M has a straight line on the left and right post. A W is leaning outwards. Turn is upside down and it just doesn’t look right, at least to me.

 

Depends on which way it lands when flipped or dropped!

 

So I can't assume that YOU are a mint error?