Lincoln Cent 1971-D Displaced-Tilted 1, HUH?

sedulous

Can't be a 1974-D Lincoln with partially filled 4 IMO. Perhaps some material displaced the bottom part of the 1 to the left? Thoughts? Thanks everyone. Very weird! - Tim

Here is another 1971-D Lincoln for comparison:

Here is a 1974-D Lincoln for comparison:

Here are some notes on possibilities:

Kliao

The 1 in the date got hit by another coin perfectly to displace the metal.

Learned that on the forum

ifthevamzarockin

First photo shows post mint damage on the 1.

sedulous

A close-up...

CaptHenway

Damaged by a coin wrapping machine. The metal finger that curls the paper down against the end coin sometimes scrapes the coin, and may displace some metal.

Oldhoopster

A coin wrapping machine is a likely suspect, but regardless of the cause, it was definitely some type of hit after it left the mint. It didn't look like that when it left the Denver mint in 1971.

johnny9434

Some post mint oddity I'd say

coinbuf

Yep simple post mint damage.

silverpop

PMD

sedulous

Good responses. I agree with my YN understudy, @silverpop, @coinbuf, @johnny9434, and the rest of you that it may be PMD. We may be looking at a split 1 where the top half section split from the bottom half (full length of the "1" closest to the planchet being the bottom half). @Kliao is right on with the numeral possibly getting a side-hit... no indication, however, that the source was another coin. Thanks for the comments! Tim

JBK

"May be PMD"?

It IS pmd. No question. Very common if you look at enough coins, although I generally associate this phenomenon with older cents. In any case, it is from the coin rolling machines.

If you visualize the minting process, there is no way for the die's engraved details to be twisted in this way.

But, the excellent pics made discussion/diagnosis easy.

ricko

I agree with PMD... a hit...and likely done by the coin rolling machine..... strange effect, but damage nonetheless. Cheers, RickO