1964-D Lincoln Cent sticks to magnet, why ? (giveaway)
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This 1964-D Lincoln Memorial cent sticks to a magnet.
See if you can guess why (first correct answer wins a prize - 2019-D Astronaut concept dollar).
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See if you can guess why (first correct answer wins a prize - 2019-D Astronaut concept dollar).
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bob
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The coin is a genuine 1964-D Lincoln Memorial cent.
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Most base metals have some magnativity, although slight. It can be seen with a more powerful magnet. What kind of magnet did you use?
bob
improper alloy mixture.
altered coin ie: cut in half or the like.
2 headed?
bombarded with negative or positive particles.
your pictures are getting better. hope you re-do some of your vam fakes.
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Must be that you are using a magnet that is more powerful than we are accustom to using?
Most base metals have some magnativity, although slight. It can be seen with a more powerful magnet. What kind of magnet did you use?
bob
An ordinary, but fairly strong, magnet.
Other bronze Lincoln cents I have do not stick to this same magnet.
Would it happen to be a magician's coin? Hollowed out or inlaid with some other coin or metal? I'm leaning that way since we don't have a picture of the reverse...
The coin has not been altered in any way since it left the Mint.
The mintmark on that coin does not look right.
The "D" mint mark was lightly punched on this die, and/or the die was lapped in that area.
This results in a thin mint mark.
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It has a foreign object (steel staple) struck into it:
fcloud was the first to guess correctly.
But MWallace later hit the staple on the head, directly.
So I'll award a prize to both. Please PM me your mailing addresses for the Astronaut concept dollar prizes.
Possessed by Satan?
HaHaHa
(Hope Not).
was not altered before it left the mint, prior to though.....
one cool cookie you got there!
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Then you'd really have something
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I can imagine various reasons why the Mint would have wire brushes in the coining room.
TD
Whatever you are, be a good one. ---- Abraham Lincoln
I have seen it said in error coin pages that that is part of a wire brush, perhaps called a carding brush, rather than a staple. I do not know if this is true, and cannot prove it.
I can imagine various reasons why the Mint would have wire brushes in the coining room.
TD
That is possible, although the wire seems thicker than what you would see on a brush, but about the right diameter for a staple.
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As Fcloud says, I'd guess that a steel washer,
or other piece of scrap steel, has been struck
into the reverse of the coin.
Wouldn't have been the first or last time such
an error was struck at the Mint.
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Interesting cent... great idea for a contest Dan.... unique, much like your coins. Cheers, RickO
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Not a staple as in paper?, rather part of a wire brush that would have the same shape, if let loose when used initially? J/W
Not a staple as in paper?, rather part of a wire brush that would have the same shape, if let loose when used initially? J/W
I have some of those brushes.
The wire struck in the coin is much thicker than the wires on that brush.
I'll bet you can remove that staple and polish that area and make it nearly unnoticable.
I got some salve that will take care of that......
Possessed by Satan?
HaHaHa
(Hope Not).
Coincidence?
Who could be responsible for putting a Devil Horns salute on this coin? Now, who could it be? Could it be ...
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