Odd 1909 VDB Lincoln Cent

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• atarian Posts: 3,116 ✭

  September 3, 2011 7:29AM

  Being creative here so bare with me.
  
  PMD. Someone wore the middle off to use the wheat stalks for a horse shoe and making a lucky penny. I dont see sanding but im sure someone wore this down to make it like that. I dont think it was a grease filled strike.

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• cmerlo1 Posts: 7,957 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 3, 2011 8:30AM

  I agree- I think the fact that it circulated smoothed everything out- there really isnt any trace of tooling.

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• atarian Posts: 3,116 ✭

  September 3, 2011 8:58AM

  its strange to say the least.
  

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• illini420 Posts: 11,466 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 3, 2011 10:58AM

  I would guess post mint damage too, but in any event that's pretty neat!

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• AMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 3, 2011 11:02AM

  It was done a long time ago, and done pretty well. The coin has a consistent wear and color and so it continued to circulate after it was tooled.

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• braddick Posts: 24,761 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 3, 2011 11:05AM

  Did the tooler also remove the "S"?

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• astrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 3, 2011 11:06AM

  Very interesting. I also agree with PMD followed by circulation.
  

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• ldhair Posts: 7,340 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 3, 2011 9:56PM

  Great image.

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 3, 2011 11:27PM

  That is an interesting coin.... I would guess PMD... but nicely done... as others have said, perhaps circulation wear eliminated the tool marks. Neat curio. Cheers, RickO

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• CaptHenway Posts: 32,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 4, 2011 12:04AM

  PMD, but very odd. I wonder what they were planning to engrave there?

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• lordmarcovan Posts: 43,760 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 4, 2011 12:23AM

  I think it's cool.
  
  But then I would, wouldn't I?

  
  
  

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• PerryHall Posts: 46,800 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 4, 2011 1:03AM

  Very unlikely but is it possible that the center of the reverse die was clogged?

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• lordmarcovan Posts: 43,760 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 4, 2011 7:15AM

  Nah, I agree with the prevailing opinion: PMD (removal of central legend, perhaps for unfinished love token purposes), followed by circulation.
  
  

  
  
  

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