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Mint Error Lincoln Penny?

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This is my first post.

I was going through some coins... and found this 1990 Lincoln Penny. It has the memorial stamped over the front of the penny. I tried to do some research and came across that it may be a type of Brockage. Also the monument on the back of the Lincoln Penny is perpendicular to the monument that is overlapping Lincolns face.

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Again, thanks for joining and posting your coin. However, I can't see the front of the coin very well, but it looks like a person scraped something accross the coins surface. So this wouldn't be a mint error but "post mint damage" (PMD).
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I kind of lean towards a major die clash. I turned the photo an it appears that there is an impression of the rev over Lincoln. A better photo would help. :w
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BTW................Welcome.
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Intersting Clyde, didn't see it like that, but it would need to be a rotated die clash to be in this direction. I also don't see any clashing on the reverse, but better images should solve the mystery.
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I think it a vise job, it would be very unusual for a clash to reach that deep into Lincoln's bust. Clashes generally are in the fields as that is the highest point on a die. Remember, Lincoln's bust is incuse on the die.
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Here's a dramatic die clash that I discoved in a BU roll. This is about as good as it gets for modern Lincoln Cents.
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:greatfind: that's a :winnah: :w
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Yup Daniel, I think that's about as dramatic as I've ever seen. Nice !
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Maineman750 wrote:Yup Daniel, I think that's about as dramatic as I've ever seen. Nice !
PCGS graded it MS66 and I was 100% positive it would attain MS67 at the least. The coin didn't appear to have any contact marks besides the clash marks, but I was happy to find it in a roll I owned.
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