Is this legitimate or not?

StormChaser

Picked this up at an estate auction yesterday. I can't see any scrapes or gouges using a 10x magnification either. I'm not a Lincoln collector, but it looked cool, so I bought the lot. Any ideas? Filled die, fake, anything? Thanks in advance for information.

StormChaser

Hmmmmmmm, no pic

StormChaser

I think I got it.

Placid

Is that a ancient coin from 195 ad?

Looks ok to me, I often see things in coins surfaces and on that one I see a arrow pointing from the rim to the 5 in the date.

StormChaser

Thanks Placid, the arrow you see is actually a bump and not a dent.

Macqui

StormChaser-

I have one just like it, I too would be very interested to know what it is. I really know very little about Lincolns so if anyone can tell us it will be greatly appreciated.


Macqui

GC's DMPL Set

Dog97

It's probably a filled die where the last digit was full of gunk.

dorkkarl

y'all are totaly off the mark. that coin is from the 1st year they were actually struck.. you'd know it was fake if it said "195 BC"

LanLord

In 195ad Septimus Severus was the Roman emporer, he had a long beard. I guess that must be him!!

Cam40

Thats a good one.Doesnt appear in the scan to have been post-strike altered.
Any way of finding a date it was struck?Its that a hint of a four there?
Its awful smooth in that spot.
I,d like to examine it with my microscope.
Very

richbeat

Looks like there may be the faintest hint of a four. That may explain why it looks like an arrow.

1jester

Welcome to the Boards, Stormchaser.

That's a very interesting error you have. I wonder if it's possible for someone to have removed the last digit after minting, though. Any ideas on that possibility?

DRG

Looks like a fill die error to me!