Weird error ?? Paper embedded in Lincoln penny

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MCguire19701
MCguire19701 Posts: 10 ✭
edited May 23, 2024 9:50PM in Q & A Forum



Okay so I kind of feel stupid for posting this .

I'm very new to all this but this is really odd I've never seen this before this piece of paper is literally embedded into the coin I don't want to remove it cuz I don't know what it is does anyone know what this is or ever seeing this before? It's like foil not like paper

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  • lcutler
    lcutler Posts: 747 ✭✭✭✭
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    It's just something stuck or glued onto the coin. There's no way that could have happened during minting. If you want to look for errors, you can save yourself a lot of time by learning the minting process and study up on sites like error-ref.com to see what legitimate errors to look for. Good luck.

  • Greenstang
    Greenstang Posts: 1,646 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It may be that the cent was stuck onto something like a display for example.
    You can see a glue residue on either side of the paper. It would probably
    come off by soaking it in pure acetone for about 24 hours.

  • Barberian
    Barberian Posts: 4,643 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I have something similar. It looks like a piece of dark green metal glued or imbedded in the lock over Miss Liberty's ear. PCGS had no problem with it as the coin straight graded.


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