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1967 Lincoln Cent (Date looks like 196T)

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Looks to have die deterioration on the 7 in the date
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Just thought that it looked different

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Looks more like a scaped areas from contact with something.

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Daniel, I guess I don't understand what you are saying. If it is a contact, it would be recessed. I know my vision is not the best but after blowing this thing up it is extra metal. Someone has been messing with the coin from what it looks to me. The shadow extends past the 7 upright. The bottom of the 7 looks different as well. If you look at the top of the 7 upright the metal is over the 'T' bar. Unless that was restamped. That is a lot of metal to the right side of the top of the 7 to not be noticed until now if it was something in the die unless the mint workers caught it fast.

It is a cool looking coin tho.
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The image is blurry and at on angle but see how skinny the 7 is compared to a normal 7, that tells me this area was scraped and the metal moved to the top.

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Here is a close up of the 7
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This is the best I can do for images with the equipment I have.
First image if you look a the serrations above, below and behind the 7 they are consistent.
To me this had to have been done at the mint( I could be wrong )
The second image is the regular 1967

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:thumbsup: close-up images

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Very good

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Daniel wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:37 am The image is blurry and at on angle but see how skinny the 7 is compared to a normal 7, that tells me this area was scraped and the metal moved to the top.
Trying to understand how this could happen. So how could this happen? I would have to do an overlay to see if there is a huge difference in the thickness of the 7. There are too many anomalies. It has to be post mint. If post mint, why is it flattened so perfectly? There is no mechical reason for it. There appears to be a patch of dissimilar metals connecting the seven to the east arm. That lighter colored metal patch. Again perfectly flattened to the same height as the seven but it does taper down. Now then the question arises is why is it still attached. If scraped, the East "T" leg would either be a coil of metal or a pushed up blob of metal. One would think that over time it would probably fall off or be loose. Also since the bottom of the 7 is not right either, there must have been some scraping occurring there as well. What an interesting coin. A definite keeper, just for its uniqueness. Great find! You could always list it on Espy for a one of a kind t-7 for a 100k. There are weirder things listed there....
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Did you see the new images? They confirm my observation this is a scrape that pushed the metal in that direction and it has circulated. Trust me this is a scrape along the edge of the 7.

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The scraping isn't the question. It is the other questions I posed. Flattened and solid. Scraping both directions. The patch or dissimilar looking metal with a very distinct outline. Just weird things. It should be a coil or a blob. It should move as it will not be connected to the actual 7. If a vertical scrape which would narrow the width, the coil would be vertical and it wouldn't be connected at the bottom. But since this extension is rather long and flat not loose, that we know of anyway, it is tough to get your head around all of it. Unless in hand to see the damage along the seven leg and the west "T" leg most everything is speculation except for the scrape. I guess It really doesn't matter, the coin is a keeper in my book anyway. Lots of questions, but there are always are on coins like this. I am guessing this is the first one of these you have seen, I know I have never seen one. You are done at a scrape or the cause, I am just beginning my investigation once the cause is known, I sometimes like to see how the results or what we are seeing now has been altered from the cause. LOL
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Do you see these two images? You can see the scrape marks and this is not the first time I have seen this. You can tell the metal has been moved. During circulation anything that messes with the congruence of the metal can cause the metal to migrate in non-typical directions. Coin is post mint damaged and no question there, and I keep these only to show that it is post mint in my videos.
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Grate discussion and points of view.
Did not think it was worth anything just thought it looked different.

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Oldtimmer, as for a monetary value probably not worth a lot unless you happen to find someone who really likes these types of things. As for a value to you, you darn right. That would be in a flip and in a place of honor, that is one cool coin. And think about how many years that coin has been bouncing around here and there in people's pockets and purses. As for the value, here, we had some fun and good discussions, to me that is worth a fortune.
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Daniel wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:44 am Do you see these two images? You can see the scrape marks and this is not the first time I have seen this. You can tell the metal has been moved. During circulation anything that messes with the congruence of the metal can cause the metal to migrate in non-typical directions. Coin is post mint damaged and no question there, and I keep these only to show that it is post mint in my videos.

Daniel, Yes I see the images. I have been looking at blown-up images since he posted the first pictures. And again when he posted the later closeups. I have to put them on my computer where I can use apparently different software to get a better look at them. There was never a question about it being post mint damage. I get more into the end results sometimes. This one is very interesting. Oversized east side of the bottom of the 7 and of course the East leg at the top. The source of the metal is explained, but to me, there are still unanswered questions about the dynamics of the scraping and why and what is keeping the metal in place. But it isn't worth the time for further discussion. I don't think either one of us has a metallurgical lab at their disposal, x-ray, and all the diagnostics need to really get the answers. And really it is just a cool looking penny.
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I don't need a lab or tests since I have a large collection of damaged coins to sample. I have seen this many times and it's caused from metal movement that scraped the side of the 7 and the metal migrated upward.

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LOL Yes that is correct. That is the cause of the movement of the metal we are in agreement there. However, your interest stops now. But you see, my interest and curiosity continue. This is where, I think, were are having miscommunications. We know in 1962 the mix of the metals used to make the penny changed. No more tin, so now 5% zinc 95% copper. This probably makes little or difference in the end results we see here with this coin. My interest continues on to the deposition of the moved material to the top and bottom of the 7. Even with metal being very malleable, scraped metal is not strong. I am just curious how it is being held in place, shaped the way it is and so on and so forth. Probably a lot of questions that will never be answered. So like I said before it is a keeper and a very cool looking penny.
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I was there one time and why I have a huge collection of various damaged coins. If it was something I couldn't figure out or understand my interest would not stop either. I am not sure if you have watched them but I created three videos on damaged coins, and many of them have misplaced metal and such. I guess you should think of wood and scrape with a chisel, but leave a small piece attached, then whack that piece with a hammer. At that point it would still be attached and after so many wacks it would flatten out, take on a different shape, and be more embedded into the wood.

Too me this is has already been solved and why my interest stops at scraped and damaged. I also created fake errors on video as well so I have experimented on coins a lot trying to recreate them. My current project is to figure the 2018 cent with the inner rim damage. I think I know how I just need to get out in the shed and replicate.



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I'll have to watch the videos when I have more time, almost 1 a.m. and I still have too much to do. But the pics are pretty cool. Put them on Espy for $1000.00's! lol You analogy of my thinking about shaving wood it true in some aspects. With all the woodturning I did I am don't even want to think about the miles of chips to long curls of wood I made. But then again I worked in the maintenance and mechcanial field most of my life. I have been around metal, lathes and have observed miles of metal chips and curls over the years. I was an inspector on a project where we had to cut off a runner liner, weld - build up a new liner and machine that back down to runner specifications. (These were the turbines at a Hydroelectric Plant) To perform that job, the boring bar was so large we had to ride on it, the liner was just under 28' across 6' high. We had to do 6 of them. That is a lot of miles of metal. I have seen various types of metals turned, it depends on the hardness how the metal moves. You can get fine or coarse chips, long almost straight stings to tight coils. The softer the tighter the coils then to the point of smearing then to do anything it is using compression. Such as 24 ct gold flattened to 0.5 microns in thickness or 0.001 mm thick almost 1 molecule thick. But I don't think it will turn worth a hoot until it is alloyed. The pictures of the damaged coins show a lot of compression, impact, and cutting damage but no scraping, however, I haven't seen the videos yet so give me a chance first. ;) I am by no means a metal expert but I have worked many years around the stuff.
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Daniel, great videos, but that is the norm. However, when you smashed the dime into the quarter reminded me way back when that was a cup of coffee and a refill. There are lots of ways to mutilate a coin as you have shown.
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