Any ideas on how this coin got overprinted?
AnnieQ
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There is an image on top of the Lincoln Memorial. The image seems to be of a golder metal.
This info is according to my brother - it is one of his many coins. I am posting this for him - he has an aggressive form of cancer. Sure would be fun to give him some ideas on this coins origin.
If you have any questions please ask and thanks for your help!
Annie
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Just look at the coin. Does it look to you like it has glue on it?
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First, coins are not printed, they are struck or minted, newspapers and magazines are printed
As far as your coin goes, it appears to have some sort of substance on it, possibly glue.
Soak it in pure acetone for about 24 hours as serif it comes off. No matter what it is though,
it is not an error, it is some form of damage.
Lincoln too eh?
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So sorry to hear about your brother. Sending thoughts for good outcomes! Unfortunately this Lincoln cent is not an error or special with regards to value. The idea of glue on the surface is probably correct, but no matter what it did not come from the mint making the coin looking like that, so therefore the issues are Post Manufacture. Unfortunately it is a spender and worth 1 cent.
Agree; it's glue. The pattern comes from whatever surface the coin was glued on to - possibly a vinyl floor or some kind of paving tile. No doubt it was someone's silly prank: "let's glue a coin to the floor and laugh at the people trying to pick it up". Obviously, this would all have happened quite some time ago, back when picking up a penny from the floor would have been worthwhile.
The glue is transparent, and has protected the parts of the coin that are underneath the glue from oxidizing to the same colour as the rest of the coin, hence the colour difference. Which may be interesting, from a chemistry point of view, but unfortunately not from a collector point of view.
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Apparently I have been awarded one DPOTD.
Glue. No value.