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This one just walked into the shop today. Nice 1919 Lincoln double struck.

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  • Wow that is nice,.
    Brad T. Simms
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  • LALASD4LALASD4 Posts: 3,602 ✭✭✭
    How much did you get that for?
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  • << <i>How much did you get that for? >>



    I haven't got anything for it yet since I haven't sold it.
  • LALASD4LALASD4 Posts: 3,602 ✭✭✭
    I was saying, how much did you paid for it?image
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  • << <i>I was saying, how much did you paid for it?image >>



    Oh sorry, I paid lower 3 figures for it.
  • LALASD4LALASD4 Posts: 3,602 ✭✭✭
    How much do you want to sell it for?
    Coin Collector, Chicken Owner, Licensed Tax Preparer & Insurance Broker/Agent.
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  • << <i>How much do you want to sell it for? >>



    I'm would like to sell it for millions and millions but I am a realist. Feel free to PM me an offer if you are intersted.
  • shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    Great coin, a Doubled Liberty Lincoln! What's going on above the ONE of ONE CENT? Would love to see a closeup of that area.
  • With my current camera I'm not too go with up close and personal sorry.
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Very cool error.
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  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>I was saying, how much did you paid for it?image >>



    Oh sorry, I paid lower 3 figures for it. >>



    Very cool error! Since you paid in the lower 3 figures, I'll make you an offer in the upper 3 figures:
    $9.99

    HEY! That's three figures ain't it? image
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    << <i>I was saying, how much did you paid for it?image >>



    Oh sorry, I paid lower 3 figures for it. >>



    Very cool error! Since you paid in the lower 3 figures, I'll make you an offer in the upper 3 figures:
    $9.99

    HEY! That's three figures ain't it? image >>



    Well I guess you could call that 3 figures, if that's the case I paid 5 figures for it then image

    I wasn't trying to even sell this coin when I posted it but it shows just strong the error market is right now. I deal in errors and they are getting very difficult to find and to keep in stock. I wouldn't be surprised to see a coin like this sell for low 4 figures in a few short years.
  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    COOOOOOOLLLL!!
  • LALASD4LALASD4 Posts: 3,602 ✭✭✭
    The two Liberty will look good with the two America.

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  • Yet another freak. Does this happen often, clad only one side?
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    Randy W Fogg
  • Nice error!! It still amazes me that smoeone would spend an error coin.
  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570

    Is that considered a two-cent piece?
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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,816 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This Quarter is an "acid treated" job, and
    not a genuine mint error...........sorry.......

    Fred
    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors
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  • Nice 2002, thats a toughie
  • LALASD4LALASD4 Posts: 3,602 ✭✭✭
    I agree with Fred, that does not look right to me.
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  • Really Fred?
    How can you tell it's acid treated. Just a newbie question.
    Randy W Fogg


  • << <i>Really Fred?
    How can you tell it's acid treated. Just a newbie question. >>



    The porus surface is a dead give away. Normally when they are missing a layer the are slightly weakly struck but the side in acid has very poor detail left and very porus. Sorry but it is a fake error.
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats on that 19, now that is a really nice error coin.
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"


  • << <i>Great coin, a Doubled Liberty Lincoln! What's going on above the ONE of ONE CENT? Would love to see a closeup of that area. >>


    Looks like another E. Also, on Lincoln's lapel looks like a partial date 19.How is that possible to have just the E up there w/o the rest of it and a partial date on the lapel ???? Is this possible? Anybody out there with an answer?
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  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Something seems a bit amiss . . . why is the original 19 still so prominant? I would have thought that the 19 would have been visible, but not so prominant.

    Lane
    Numismatist Ordinaire
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  • errormavenerrormaven Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭
    You'd better make sure it's authentic. I don't see a collar scar on the reverse. The absence of a collar scar is not always a sign of fakery, but its presence adds comfort. I also see that E PLURIBUS UNUM on the first strike shows a lot of spread that seems to be due to die fatigue. However the second motto is crisp. Since dual presses weren't in use this early on, strikes by two different die pairs would be unusual (although not impossible). Check to see if the die markers are the same between the two strikes. The roughness in the upper left quadrant is also a bit worrisome. It always pays to be cautious when dealing with early Lincoln cent double strikes. There are quite a few convincing fakes out there.
    Mike Diamond is an error coin writer and researcher. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those held by any organization I am a member of.
  • As always,Thanks Mike for your informative response.

    Jared, I agree with Mike .Sending it out for study and authentication is the wisest thing to do before you do anything else with it.Good Luck with this unusual piece and keep us posted.image rich
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  • errormavenerrormaven Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭


    << <i> The roughness in the upper left quadrant is also a bit worrisome. >>



    I meant the upper right quadrant of the reverse.
    Mike Diamond is an error coin writer and researcher. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those held by any organization I am a member of.
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't mean to throw cold water on your purchase too, but I agree completely with Mike (errormaven) - use extreme caution with these early double-strikes. There are a slew of fakes out there, most of them dated 1918-1921, and they even fool the experts on occasion (a fake 1918 double-struck cent even made the cover of ErrorScope some years back, misattributed as a genuine error).

    The thing that always makes me immediately suspicious is that every double-struck coin I've seen from this era has the second strike between K-11:30 and K-1:30, which conveniently allows both dates to show. Yet I can't recall seeing even a single double-struck Lincoln from that era with the second strike at K-3:00 to K-9:00 and neither date showing.


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

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  • Well guys, as with anything I sell, I guarantee it. This is a very nice piece and under close examination I believe it to be 100% genuine. Nothing on this piece bothers me with the first or second strike.
  • LALASD4LALASD4 Posts: 3,602 ✭✭✭
    Looks like another E. Also, on Lincoln's lapel looks like a partial date 19.How is that possible to have just the E up there w/o the rest of it and a partial date on the lapel ???? Is this possible? Anybody out there with an answer?

    Look like there is a indented area close to the wheat, maybe something small got into that area during the second strike?
    Coin Collector, Chicken Owner, Licensed Tax Preparer & Insurance Broker/Agent.
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  • Here's a 1959 Lincoln with no I in Liberty. Was this common?
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    Randy W Fogg
  • richrich Posts: 364
    Welcome to the discussion Randy,your cent has a missing I in liberty because that part of the die was filled with grease or dirt .This can occur in any part of the design or date and motto. The filled small areas like the date and motto are usually common.Although they do not command the high premiums like Doubled Die errors,They are fun to collect and you can put together a really neat collection at a very resonable cost.Nice to see a new face in the crowd.
    Errors are fun!
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    "Error Collector- I Love Dem Crazy Coins"
    "Money, what is money? It is loaned to a man; he comes into the world with nothing and he leaves with nothing." Billy Durant. Founder of General Motors. He died a pauper.


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    The thing that always makes me immediately suspicious is that every double-struck coin I've seen from this era has the second strike between K-11:30 and K-1:30, which conveniently allows both dates to show. Yet I can't recall seeing even a single double-struck Lincoln from that era with the second strike at K-3:00 to K-9:00 and neither date showing.

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    FWIW:

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    Steven A Mills

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