What are these error Lincolns worth?

sumdunce

I found a couple coins years ago when I was searching through OBW rolls of 1973D Lincolns.

One weighs 3.07 grams and the other (missing the most detail) is dead on at 3.11 grams.

I originally thought wrong planchet but the weights disproved that. I then thought die adjustment strike but the front on both has full strike. This leaves me to believe struck through grease which I have read is not very valuable unless enough of the image is gone.

On the "A" coin the "S O" of "STATES OF" is gone, the only legible part of "E PLURIBUS UNUM" is the "US" and "M" at the end, the top of the "C" in "CENT" is gone and the Lincoln Memorial will need some major remodeling before it would be taken off the condemned list.

Are they valuable enough to slab?

Thanks.



Sumdunce


"A coin"


"B coin"


"One obverse imaged"

midwestcoin13

5.00?

19Lyds

Probably 24 cents less than this quarter!



or this quarter:



Unless, you can find a couple of bidders to war it out on Ebay! But to be honest, what you have appears to be pretty common.
By the way, the bottom quarter was taken directly from a mint bag.

coppercoins

They aren't die trial strikes, and they also aren't struck through grease, as evidently 19Lyds believes. These are simply weakly struck coins, a rather common occurrence in 1973, however not usually to this extent. Nevertheless, you'd be hard pressed to milk a premium out of them, most people simply aren't interested.

Better than three fourths of all 1973 cents I encounter have some degree of flatness in the areas you show. Yours has just a bit more than usual.

errormaven

<< <i>They aren't die trial strikes, and they also aren't struck through grease, as evidently 19Lyds believes. These are simply weakly struck coins, a rather common occurrence in 1973, however not usually to this extent. Nevertheless, you'd be hard pressed to milk a premium out of them, most people simply aren't interested.

Better than three fourths of all 1973 cents I encounter have some degree of flatness in the areas you show. Yours has just a bit more than usual. >>



These may indeed be "grease strikes". Die fill of the right consistency and viscosity will tend to flow toward the areas of lowest effective striking pressure. In Lincoln cents, this would be the area on the reverse opposite the bust. The result is a vague "ghost impression" of Lincoln's bust. It can look very similar to the ghost image that develops in a weak strike, with the difference being that the opposite face is well-struck, along with the rim. "Greasy ghost images" can be found in all denominations. In Roosevelt dimes, for instance, it takes the form of an incuse impression of the torch and adjacent leaves running through Roosevelt's head.

However, without a close examination, I can't be certain whether these are weak strikes or a "greasy ghosts". In either case, the effect is quite trivial on these coins, and they are consequently worthless.

sumdunce

<< and they are consequently worthless >>

Hey! They're worth two cents!