Lincoln Planchet Error?

ozzysdad

Can anyone tell me what's up with the rim, Look's warped, The strike is good, as is the color?

TIA, Ozzysdad.....

Russ

Looks like it was struck on a 1943 Mercury Dime planchet.

Russ, NCNE

gamr0n

<< <i>Looks like it was struck on a 1943 Mercury Dime planchet.

Russ, NCNE >>



Are you sure it wasn't a 1942 Mercury Dime planchet?

JRocco

<< <i>Looks like it was struck on a 1943 Mercury Dime planchet.

Russ, NCNE >>



I tried....I tried really really hard... but I can't help but LMAO ...

LALASD4

Slight finned rim.

Smitty79

<< <i>Looks like it was struck on a 1943 Mercury Dime planchet.

Russ, NCNE >>



He isn't ever gonna live that down, is he?

ozzysdad

Russ, You need to quit sending me pm's................ I'm not Gay, and "NO" for the last time, I DO NOT WANT TO SEE BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN....

Go wag your One-Eyed Jack, somewhere else.

PerryHall

<< <i>Russ, You need to quit sending me pm's................ I'm not Gay, and "NO" for the last time, I DO NOT WANT TO SEE BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN....

Go wag your One-Eyed Jack, somewhere else. >>

ozzysdad

Bump^LOL

errormaven

If the edge is undamaged, if the top of the design rim is undamaged, and if the undulations are restricted to the junction between the design rim and the field, then it's most likely a case of peripheral die damage.

Sometimes the edge of the field portion of the die gets damaged or worn away. This is often caused by a temporary misalignment of the obverse die, which causes the edge of the die to bang repeatedly against the beveled entrance of the collar.

The wearing away of the outer margin of the die can sometimes be so severe that it eats into the design, cutting off some of the peripheral letters. It's often mistaken for a long, thin, crescentic cud (die break).

An article on this sort of die damage appeared in Errorscope several issues back.