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Help needed with Lincoln errors??

Found these coins (the second and third attachment are the same coin) and can not tell if they are mint errors or manufactured errors. Any help that can be provided or any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Aaron

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  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,701 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tough to tell from those pictures. The second coin is definitely post-strike damage. The third coin (your fourth scan) may have an obverse lamination, tough to tell through all that toning. As a lamination it has minnimal collector value.

    I'd want to see the reverse of the first coin before offering an opinion - it looks like it may be struck thru either cloth or a die cap. It could also be simply mangled. Is the reverse normal? Can you get a better picture of the obverse?

    HTH. Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    I have a struck thru cloth-it looks like an AG and the lines aren't as defined as pict #1. The line going from 2-7K makes me discount anything having to do with a die cap.
    #2 & #3 is post mint damage.
    #4 could be a lamination but it looks cleaned so I say somebody messed with it.
    In short all are damaged coins. Sorry, Aaron.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.

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