1942 Wheat Penny

BETHEAC08

What could have caused this type of damage to Lincolns face?

Mint or post-mint?

Regards,
Christina

Oldhoopster

Appears to be a planchet defect called a lamination.

ricko

@BETHEAC08... Welcome aboard Christina. That appears to be post mint damage... As to what caused it, well, it could be many things... Lost in a parking lot and driven over, stepped on... Forced between to hard surfaces for some reason.... It appears to be Post Mint Damage (PMD). Cheers, RickO

airplanenut

@ricko said:
@BETHEAC08... Welcome aboard Christina. That appears to be post mint damage... As to what caused it, well, it could be many things... Lost in a parking lot and driven over, stepped on... Forced between to hard surfaces for some reason.... It appears to be Post Mint Damage (PMD). Cheers, RickO

It’s a bit he’s too be sure from the photos, but I’d lean towards lamination and not PMD on this one. If it were a gouge PMD would make sense, but that break looks more like a shelf, possibly with some peeled metal.

ricko

@airplanenut .... I did consider lamination...but looking at the gouge, I felt that the upper portion became folded over the damage in post damage handling... The prominent gouge was the tipping point in my decision. You may be correct Jeremy, just the way I see it. Cheers, RickO

coinbuf

I'm in the lamination camp.