You may have seen another thread in which I mentioned my father divided up his estate to his three children prior to departing the earth. I am the coin nut, so I inherited a lot of coins I'm slowly going through. He had a 2X2 with a 1994 Lincoln cent. The 2X2 was labeled "filled error + double strike." I'm pretty sure I agree this is a filled die, but I can't see any doubling anywhere. What are your thoughts?
I want to share a few things Yes to Filled Die.. grease on the date and the letter B in LIBERTY The other thing I see is a Misaligned Obverse. I believe what he saw was the False Double Rim due to the Misalignment.. this is not caused by a Double Strike.. The Reverse is proof of this because of the normal centered strike. Look at the top right area -
Honestly.. not really. This is a common occurrence. Not worth it. keep it in the 2x2. Not a major error.
Common errors that occur more frequently than we realize. Not worth grading but I'd keep it as your father left it. It's a prime example of a common error.
I imagine he probably spent time going through rolls of coins looking for errors such as this. Whether common or not there is always satisfaction in finding something worth hanging onto. Perhaps it will give you fond memories of how he enjoyed the hobby as you probably do as well.
He enjoyed it, but he wasn't all that educated. He had a propensity toward cleaning things, especially copper cents. Back in the early 80s, when I was a wee lad, he read somewhere about soaking copper cents in vinegar to clean them. Nearly every copper cent he owned has been cleaned in such a manner.
