1974 Lincoln penny die clash? Strike through???

[Ajdorsett]

Can someone please tell me what Ive got here and if its worth anything and what should I do with it? I can try to take better pics if need be. Thank y'all for any advice youve got.

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Obverse

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[Earle42]

Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here


When people see a crack in a car's windshield, they don't automatically think the car came off of the assembly line that way.

Coins need to be approached in the same common sense way. In this case, the flattened area on the front is directly opposite the mark on the back. This is a telltale sign the coin was set on a hard surface, something put onto the back (looks like a metal punch) and the punch was hit to make the circle.

Until ebay shyster auctions and clickbait online videos were as ridiculously common as they are, most people didn't let excitement over possibly hitting a jackpot (not saying you specifically are) interfere with seeing coins the same was as they would the windshield mentioned above.

People have been sensitized by online shysters so that the idea of "Rare error coin," instead of "How was this coin damaged?" is very prevalent. Don't feel badly b/c you are not alone. We get a lot of people asking this kind of thing daily.

The reality is almost every odd looking coin is going to be PMD or something inconsequential to the coin hobby.



To help in not being mislead into thinking damaged coins are errors, a person needs to know the minting and die making process:

How coins are made:
How Coins (and errors) Are Made

How coin dies are made/used:
https://www.coinnews.net/2014/01/06/how ... uce-coins/

[Daniel]

Definitely post mint, mechanical damage.

[Ajdorsett]

I don't mind how it can be post mint damage if there are a 2nd set of memorial columns turned counterclockwise at a 45 degree angle from the first. Can someone please educate me? Thanks.

[SensibleSal66]

I don't mind how it can be post mint damage if there are a 2nd set of memorial columns turned counterclockwise at a 45 degree angle from the first. Can someone please educate me? Thanks.

One can only predict. I think only the weirdo that did it knows how.
(Or plain old Chinese Secret).

[Westin]

I don't mind how it can be post mint damage if there are a 2nd set of memorial columns turned counterclockwise at a 45 degree angle from the first. Can someone please educate me? Thanks.

Someone used a vise or press to shove another penny into that one. That's what the extra columns are from. Look up "vise coin"

[SensibleSal66]

I don't mind how it can be post mint damage if there are a 2nd set of memorial columns turned counterclockwise at a 45 degree angle from the first. Can someone please educate me? Thanks.

Someone used a vise or press to shove another penny into that one. That's what the extra columns are from. Look up "vise coin"

I was going to offer that as an explanation but was trying to avoid another conflict.

[Earle42]

I don't mind how it can be post mint damage if there are a 2nd set of memorial columns turned counterclockwise at a 45 degree angle from the first.

Something we have people ask about all the time b/c, for some reason, people like to do this a lot and then put the coins back into circulation.