How common are die breaks in the 1995 Lincolns

eyoung429

Just curious if the modern day cents have as many errors.

eyoung429

No one?

19Lyds

Funny you should ask as just today I scanned an unusual 1995 that appears to have been double struck. The obverse has the ghost of the reverse and vice versa.




Not the best of coins but an error of sorts non the less.

If anybody can explain or has comments, I'd sure appreciate them.

Gonfunko

It looks like the coin you have a picture of has a very strong die clash. Such coins have been nicknamed "Jailhouse Lincolns." In response to the original question, die breaks are common on all coinage and usually carry little or no premium.

rich

Aside from Doubled-Dies which were( supposedly) eliminated with the new squeeze type hubbing equipment,1995 can have just about the same off- centers,die cracks,grease filled die,multiple strikes etc...as any year.The huge volume of coins per minute,billions a year make errors inevitable.Supposedly, there are tighter controls that keep errors from leaving the mint.But thankfully we know there are plenty that do get out.

silverandvinyl

Here's a 1999 linc. I found the other day. The die crack starts from the T in trust and goes down on a angle to the nose.

JRocco

eyoung, The mint tries to get as many coins as it can out of a pair of dies. Unfortunately, the end product-the coin- suffers from this policy. Dies are used till just shy of the breaking point leading to VLDS (very late die state) coins that are, to say the least, not works of art. So die breaks are just too common an occurance. Look at this dime the mint allowed into circulation:

eyoung429

Cool, I was curious as I have found 5 1995 1c errors one is a die break on the rev starting from the rim at k-12 going through the top of the memorial, another through the "I" on the rev.....weird thing is, all of the breaks are on the rev in different places. How many die sets are being used to produce one batch at the Philadelphia Mint???? 5 in one roll that aren't in the same area seems odd.