Cent error?

leothelyon

Had this since my youth. Anyone know how the rim got this way. Common? Rare?

Thanks, Leo

merz2

Looks like a planchet flaw to me.

coppercoins

Looks to me like a coin that was struck into - then removed from an encasement.

Dog97

I'll go with cased cent too.

mrpaseo

What does the other side look like? Could be from encasement, I've seen some of those death traps, they are viced like I don't know what, copper is a rather soft metal so when these poor things are put into the rings then the screw tightened....I shiver to think of the rest, and the pain that Lincoln might have gone threw while on his Vice tour....lol.

OK, serious, could be some sort of encasement or possible when minted there was no collar to hold it in and it oozed out the sides....what is the size of the Lincoln, if it is a LITTLE bigger than the norm I would go with option 2, if it is the same size, I would say most deffinantly option 1.

Just my 2 Lincolns,
Ray

leothelyon

I apologize for the suspence, not that I have the answer but I'll add more pics this evening. The obv. actually looks normal, however the 3rd side looks somewhat squashed and thinner but is a perfect squeeze with no damage, if that makes any sense. More pics later.

Leo

Dog97

mrpaseo asks if it could be broadstruck.
True it looks like a partial collar error but it doesn't show the spreading effects of an planchet unrestrained by the collar. If you look closely you can see that it was struck as a normal cent then the rim crimp was done later.

leothelyon

It looks like encasement. But I find it difficult to believe that something could squeeze this kind of result in the rim.

Leo

Dog97

It's done by a high pressure press and copper is very malleable.

leothelyon

Thanks Dog97
That I can believe. What was I thinking? Just to get it mounted in some jewelers bezal holder.
I was trying to imagine how this happened after years in some holder. Now I feel stupid but to save face,
here's another error coin with a UFO flying above the Monticello.

Leo

Dog97

Hey that's a cool strike thru! See if it matches any of the letters, looks like it might be a drop from a filled letter in the die.

leothelyon

Doesn't look like any of the letters but may be from the building. This next pic, this object looks simular
to george's pony tail end by the P mint mark.

Leo