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<p>[QUOTE="National dealer, post: 24477, member: 487"]Great question sir.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was probabably a 1941 Lincoln Cent. The pic only picks up the deep groove in the area of the 4. The circular lines give away the culprit in this case. While wrapping machine damage is often mistaken for minting errors, there are diagnostics to look for. Most assume that the wrapping nmachines only scratch the surface near the rim. The flow of the metal in this case is also a tell tale sign. The bottom of the damaged digit was moved up to the right giving the appearance of an upside down v. Neat coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="National dealer, post: 24477, member: 487"]Great question sir. This coin was probabably a 1941 Lincoln Cent. The pic only picks up the deep groove in the area of the 4. The circular lines give away the culprit in this case. While wrapping machine damage is often mistaken for minting errors, there are diagnostics to look for. Most assume that the wrapping nmachines only scratch the surface near the rim. The flow of the metal in this case is also a tell tale sign. The bottom of the damaged digit was moved up to the right giving the appearance of an upside down v. Neat coin.[/QUOTE]
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