2001 D Lincoln Question

Or maybe it really is a forgery!

 

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No one "forged" the coin or attempted to produce something that could be passed off as an "error". There are countless coins out there damaged in one way or another, some accidentally, others due simply to boredom, and others for more practical purposes. Who knows, perhaps someone was trying to make a washer.

Still, instead of trying to explain how this could not have happened outside of the mint, perhaps approach this from the opposite angle and try to explain exactly how this could have occurred at the mint. Again, there are countless ways a coin can be damaged post mint, so it would only make sense to take the easier approach.

 

When I first joined this site about 8 years ago, I firmly believed that there were no stupid questions, just stupid answers. Now, I'm beginning to believe there are no stupid questions, just stupid people.

Chris

 

I would take their word for it and move on,
they have plenty of knowledge.

 

Really Chris...

 

But dude your not getting my question. wow LOL So let's say that SOMEONE DID DRILL a hole, And It's Not forsure a mint error, ok. How does the copper get bent around the hole? this is not going to happen unless the hole was already in the coin before the copper was put on it. Do you understand what I'm trying to say? I'll try and break this down for you.LOL You cannot bend metal or copper around a hole by drilling, it will simply cut off the metal. Do me a favor so you understand because you are not getting this at all. Go out and drill a hole through any kind of metal an you will see metal does not bend lol it get cut completely off. I work with tools building everyday and I can tell you right now by experience that I do know what I am talking about as far as cutting a hole into metal. I am not trying to make it an error coin, an yes it may be tossed into the garbage, I just would like to find out how this could happen like that (copper bending) an obviously you don't know either or you could explain it. Not one person on here who comments had anything to say about the metal bending. It was all about the hole being drilled. WELL obviously it was drilled somehow because there IS a hole in it...It don't take a scientist to see that. If you would have read what I was asking before just jumping you would have seen that I was simply asking How. So if you can't take advice from someone who knows there tools maybe you shouldn't comment.LOL It was just a simple question, or so I thought, my goodness some of you have only 2 things on your mind, error or no error, expand.. Really it will be ok, lol I'm sorry I ever asked but it is too late to take it back now. This will be the last thing I say about it. So Sorry to upset you guy's ..every single answer was all about the coin being an error like I was insisting it be an error. You guys need to settle down. Signed Dude

 

yeah they do. They sure don't know how to read the question though do they. LOL Thanks for your advice.

 

As Bill Fivaz likes to say "I wasn't there"

I wasn't there when something penetrated
a large hole on your cent, but as many others
have said, it did NOT occur when the coin was minted.

The Hole was put into your coin after it was already
in circulation.

There's nothing to think about exactly how it happened.

And yes, you did think it was an error - read your first post.

 

Does the how really matter, or is this just your way of trying to argue? There are and/or have been literally tens of billions of coins in circulation, with infinite possibilities as to how they can be damaged, and is why all that really matters here is the "error vs. damage" issue you seem to find so comical (lol!!).

Perhaps, ma'am, had you taken my earlier advice to heart instead of rambling on about nothing, you would understand this.

We may "need to settle down", but nowhere near as much as you need to wake up.

 

actually, you're the one not getting it, your not dealing with solid copper, its 20 micron thick soft copper plating, so yes it will move and contort behind the cut, go drill thru a piece of tin foil an see what happens.....

 

Yes! Obviously, collecting errors is not your "schtick".

Chris

 

Just look at the distortion of the coin's design around the hole. The ONLY way that could happen is if the hole was drilled after the coin was struck. A coin struck on a holed planchet would not show this distortion, the pillars on the Lincoln Memorial would be straight as they are supposed to be. It is really pretty simple.

 

IMHO it was drilled with a slow drill that cause that a melting effect and that's what gave us the appearance that we have on the coin I have seen it before but I have tried to drill a cent to make a necklace and have gotten the same look using a Dremel

 

drill a hole and then ream it

hammer a nail through the coin, then ream it