Major error eye candy #4: 1955 Double Date Lincoln Cent
jonathanb
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I have to admit that I'm suspicious of this one. Fake double-strikes are known, produced with copy dies outside the mint. This one is a little too good. I mean really, a 1955 1c -- of all dates! -- double struck in collar with 45 degree rotation.
Earlier:
Major error eye candy #1: Edge strike, double struck
Major error eye candy #2: 125% struck through cloth
Major error eye candy #3: Struck through feeder finger
Earlier:
Major error eye candy #1: Edge strike, double struck
Major error eye candy #2: 125% struck through cloth
Major error eye candy #3: Struck through feeder finger
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<< <i>It's too convenient >>
Agreed. And yet, stranger things have happened. Also, I saw a similar 1972-dated piece many years ago that I'm pretty sure was real. As errors go, this one is both possible and plausible... and I'm still suspicious. :-)
<< <i>How are these made outside the mint? >>
False dies, it doesn't look right to me either
The portrait is flattened out at highpoints and the 1955 is only struck on a high-point of the coin. It looks hammered.
edited: I'm sure it's "real" just not as struck by the mint.
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i'm not saying i think it is genuine but isn't missing design elements for in-collar double-struck coins par for the course?
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<< <i>i'm not saying i think it is genuine but isn't missing design elements for in-collar double-struck coins par for the course? >>
Yes, but there are other diagnostics to look for.
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