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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 288084, member: 66&quot;]The coin does look odd but from what I see I don&#039;t believe it has been melted and I think it probably is a major die break.&nbsp; It looks like the initial break was deep&nbsp; and then later shallow flakes of the die surface came off in different thicknesses around the periphery.&nbsp; The melting theory does not explain the complete lack of detailing the top of the head of Lincoln.&nbsp; If you heated the coin until the zinc was soft and then pressed something into the head there would still be details visible.&nbsp; If the metal was softened enough to create the bulge on the reverse at the same time as the depression on the obv the coin could hardly help but be distorted but that doesn&#039;t appear to be the case.&nbsp; It is also suggestive that the coin exhibits an unusually high fin on the obverse.&nbsp; If you were going to alter a cent, why use one that has an obvious error already on it?</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be nice to examine it in hand but just from the photos that there is a good chance it is genuine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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