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What's going on with this 46 Lincoln? Is this an error? Help Please.

SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,099 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Found this going through a bunch of coins a friend dropped off for me to look at.
Could this have happened in an old penny vending machine? At the mint?
Any help appreciated.

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  • direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭
    struck on foreign planchet?
    I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.

    You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.


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  • ArizonaJackArizonaJack Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭
    Check the diameter, it looks like it's been rolled or spooned, a start of a ring or something.
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  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Check the diameter, it looks like it's been rolled or spooned, a start of a ring or something. >>



    I agree, post mint damage by rolling the edge. Should have a smaller diameter.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,694 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Check the diameter, it looks like it's been rolled or spooned, a start of a ring or something. >>



    I agree, post mint damage by rolling the edge. Should have a smaller diameter. >>



    I agree.
    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with the three agree's above.
    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 for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,099 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well there you have it.

    Thank you all.

    "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso

  • yellowjacketyellowjacket Posts: 1,809 ✭
    It's been spooned!!

    Garrow
  • PonyPullerPonyPuller Posts: 134 ✭✭
    I read an article recently (CoinWorld maybe?) that this type of effect is seen when a coin gets stuck in a washing machine drain pump, dryer, or other similar device where it is rolled around and around for an extended period of time.

    I have a nickel around here somewhere with a very similar edge on it. If I can find it, I'll try and get a photo of it.

    - Mark
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,694 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I read an article recently (CoinWorld maybe?) that this type of effect is seen when a coin gets stuck in a washing machine drain pump, dryer, or other similar device where it is rolled around and around for an extended period of time.

    I have a nickel around here somewhere with a very similar edge on it. If I can find it, I'll try and get a photo of it.

    - Mark >>



    That is one theory, tyhe washing machine pump.
    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,732 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I read an article recently (CoinWorld maybe?) that this type of effect is seen when a coin gets stuck in a washing machine drain pump, dryer, or other similar device where it is rolled around and around for an extended period of time.
    >>



    You could have read it in this thread, it seems like similar "error" coins are posted here every couple of months.

    Oh, and I am also agreement with the agreers above. image


    Sean Reynolds
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  • Musky1011Musky1011 Posts: 3,904 ✭✭✭✭
    looks "spooned"

    Made by repeated tapping with a spoon or hammer on the edge while rotating coin

    Jim
    Pilgrim Clock and Gift Shop.. Expert clock repair since 1844

    Menomonee Falls Wisconsin USA

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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,099 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well thanks again.

    I learn something new every day here. image

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