Hi all Newbie here , I would like some input/value on this error/variety Lincoln cent which I cannot find anywhere on the internet or in guide books...Help please ? Thank you !
Hi.. welcome to CoinTalk What you have is called a Non Error Your Cent is PMD - Post Mint Damage not a Discovery error. It was altered intentionally. Another coin was pressed against it to leave those mark maybe using a table vice. It's a squeeze job. Whenever you see anything incused and backwards into a coin this is what is happening I want to share this webpage with you - http://www.error-ref.com/squeeze-job-or-vice-job-or-garage-job/ Peace
Hi and thank you for your insight. Yes it sounds plausible and even looks exactly like the one one on the site you linked but if you look at the reverse it is raised up not pressed in and appears to be Lincolns head . So my question is if it were put in a vise how could it be raised not depressed in like the obverse ?
A vise isn't the only way to create something like this. Your coin was most likely placed on a more pliable surface, another coin or something similar placed on top of it then struck with a hammer. In the case of your coin , more than once. This type of scenario would create a bulge on the reverse.
First, welcome to the neighborhood! What you see on the reverse is not an impression of Lincoln's head. It has been squashed from the pressure, and what you see is merely the outline of the coin used to damage it. Remember, coins are struck in "coin turn". So, where the damage begins on the rim near 1 o'clock on the obverse corresponds to 5 o'clock on the reverse. You can see clearly that the "N" of CENT is where the damage begins. Chris
I see.... I thought I found a good one in my change as I do look for stuff like this all the time. So onward and upward I will keep looking ! Thanks again for everyone's help here. J
I bought a good book on error coins that had sections on the minting process and what can go wrong. If I can't explain what happened to the coin during the minting process, I usually have a coin damaged outside of the mint.
Looking at the quarter; it has an obvious bulge on the obverse though no coresponding damage on the reverse. If you tske into account the damaged surface texture of the coin , this means post strike dsmage . Heating a clad coin will give this result. The second coin was struck by dies that were clogged. This is normally by a mixture of grease and dust and metal shavings ... etc. A weak strike could look similar but would have unformed rims . This coins rims are fully formed. The third coin as already stated was encased. The look of the rims is a dead giveaway. The dorth coin could be a die chip but also a plating blister. The two lobes of the anomaly lend credence to a chip though I can't be sure.
