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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1676643, member: 24633&quot;]I can&#039;t say with 100% certainty that it isn&#039;t a Mint error. It looks almost as though a piece of metal (scrap of a blank?) fell onto the planchet while in the coining chamber and was retained after being struck. Note that the lettering appears bold on the fragment, but is very weak or missing on the rest of UNITED STATES of AMERICA and part of the Memorial. This could suggest that the die was not able to make complete contact with the underlying planchet.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t explain the parallel lines on the obverse, but it is interesting to note that those lines from Lincoln&#039;s chin and the field in front of it end abruptly and uniformly at a point along Lincoln&#039;s shoulder which appears to be a line that is not a part of the design. Note also that this line coincides with that area of the rim and date which appear to be missing. This might also suggest that some foreign object was between the obverse die and the planchet when it was struck. </p><p><br /></p><p>Go ahead and call me crazy, but I think we need someone like Mike Diamond to analyze this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>NOTE to the OP: Don&#039;t try to peel the scrap off the reverse![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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