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What could be the cause of this? Looking for opinions

#1 Unread post by mictho »

I have looked over this example soo many times.
obverse:
I can see that possibly some of the missing letters in Liberty and the last digit of the date can be a struck through.
If zoomed into the 9 in the date, there seems to be doubling. Also over the head of Lincoln it appears to have two outlines of the hair line and the shoulder / back area. Also, something weird on the ear.
Many of the other letters on the revers appear completely deformed as in 'IGWT'

Reverse:
There appears again to have some deformed lettering in e p u and then again some doubling on 'ONE CENT'

I would really appreciate opinions of what caused these conditions and what kind of designation if any this would given and also opinion of the date. I have super zoomed in with usb camera and I think it is 1953.

thanks so much in advance to any one who would reply. This is my first question posted and I look forward to hearing from the community.

mictho
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Re: What could be the cause of this? Looking for opinions

#2 Unread post by JTCC »

this is a coin that slid across something like the pavement and polished after the damage is done, nothing in the minting process can cause such results.
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#3 Unread post by Daniel »

This coin is damage by either heat or acid, so not a mint error.

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#4 Unread post by Earle42 »

It is post mint damage. It reminds me of the coins I used to experiment on with my Dad's wire wheel when I was a kid. Pushing on it really hard would blur the details just like this.
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#5 Unread post by mictho »

thanks to everyone who responded! I thought it might be a combination of things

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#6 Unread post by Daniel »

And that is why we want people to read error-ref.com website, it will show you what all mint errors look like and how they happen.

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