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191x Lincoln Cent. Damage or what?

RussellhomeRussellhome Posts: 294
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This was in my brother's old Whitman Lincoln cent book as a 1917 for the past 35 years. It didn't look right to me (although with the naked eye, it looks more like a 1917 than anything else). Anyway, I tossed it under a microscope and snapped a picture. It looks to me like a damaged 1918 -- but what ever shaved it did a nice clean job. For what it is worth...

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Any guesses on what this is and/or how this happened?
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KR

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    CratonCraton Posts: 2,670
    It's damage from a rolling machine. The crimper swiped the 8 and moved the metal away. This is how those stupid "Tilted 1" Lincolns get made that people ask about occasionaly.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,822 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Its the rare 1918/7 overdate cent!!!image

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    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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