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2026 Lincoln Cent Mint Error?
Boatnevrday
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Is this a struck through debris mint error? I call it "Stargazing Lincoln".
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You want to tell us what you are referring to?
Probably the reason it is a 69 and not a 70.
I was questioning the spotted fields.
Sloppy workmanship does not generally qualify as a "mint error."
Under higher magnification it looks like tiny fibers from a rag or paper.
Maybe the thinning/weakening of the word 'IN'?
EDIT: I see what they referred to now. The word 'IN' does look weak though.
Yes, these are small. I guess they are smaller than lint. They could be little scratches or from dust..
I would like to know what the threshold for an error is in this series.
That's not what you want to know. I'm not sure what you do want to know, but I'm confident that's not it.
The pedantic definition of an error is anything that is less than perfect. Since everything is less than perfect, you can reasonably say that everything is an error. That's not useful.
I'm guessing that you actually want to know something like one or more of these:
If you can narrow down your question, you're likely to get better answers.
Unfortunately, getting better answers doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to like those answers. The errors worth finding are the ones that are hard to find. If you're doing this for any reason beyond pure enjoyment, you're heading for disappointment.
I'll go with this one.
"What is the threshold for PCGS to put error onto the label, regardless of whether anyone would pay extra for that label?"
For starters, the person submitting the coin has to pay extra. Costs vary. Assume at least $20 extra per coin, on top of the regular fees.
Even if you're willing to pay, it's still PCGS's name going on the label, and their guarantee standing behind the label. If someone later claims they made a mistake, they're the ones on the hook to make it right. In practice, that means they won't call something an error unless they can look at it for two seconds and say, "of course it's an error." Anything else would be bad business.
I would not blame them one bit for being that way. What I asked is too broad. I'll ask in the context of dirt, dust and small fibers. I understand if there's a string across it or it was struck through a zipper it would be a great error. I'm wondering about the smaller contaminants. And honestly, I can't find a picture of anything like this being called an error, so that may be my answer.
https://coins.ha.com/c/search/results.zx?term=struck+&si=2&dept=1909&archive_state=5327&sold_status=1526&coin_category=2198&coin_finish=3548&mode=archive&page=200~1&ic=KeywordSearch-A-K-071316
don't know if it debris or not. it could be on the coin instead of in the coin. ngc slabs a lot of minor errors with labels that pcgs does not. if ngc didn't grant it an error label then perhaps it's on the coin
Interesting coin for what it is
The quality of my pictures is pretty bad so I was hesitant to post any more of them.
last picture makes me suspect a film
The left side of the second picture looks like film maybe. But that and under LIBERTY is the thickest area of whatever this is. It looks like they all left a smudge trail but stayed looking like fiber or burr when the movement stopped.
cloth and the portrait appears the most affected
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