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Lincoln's head has a spear
Whippersnapper
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What causes this?
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It sure does. What do you think caused that?
Now that looks pretty cool. As @Insider2 asked ... Do you know what caused that " spear "?
That's a nice one!
Looks like the copper wash is blistering.
The Ford’s Theater variety? Or would that be in poor taste.
Its the Halloween costume variety, with the fake arrow worn wrong. 😄
Nice Catch!
Extreme plating blister.
Extremely poor taste.
But, hey, it sort of writes itself.
A spear.
Looks like copper layer bubbled away from the zinc layer
Lame. I'll bet you sat in the back of the class room with the jokers.
It is a lamination error where it looks like the die stuck to the copper plate and pulled it loose upon ejection. Nice piece.
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"Impaled Lincoln." An eagle and a bison suffered the same fate.
Plating blister. The copper plating didn't adhere to the zinc planchet. You see lots of blisters on the earlier zincoln cents.
Like laminations they can show up anywhere on the coin since each occurred well before the planchet was struck.
I actually noticed several of these 2009 Lincolns that appeared to have 2 or 3 small bibles that appeared to be an air bubble. I don't suppose they are of any note?
I agree with the plating issue determination....certainly a unique position. Cheers, RickO
plating blister. maybe the zinc and a contaminant on it, jmo
Same thing
Plating blisters are not considered desirable. Most are due to the zinc blanks are not properly cleaned before the plating process. It's possible under certain conditions, that whatever residue/solvents/contamination trapped under the plating can start to corrode the zinc, which isn't good, long term