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197???? Lincoln Cent

newcollectnewcollect Posts: 205 ✭✭✭
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Has anyone seen or know of this error-The 0 looks like a rotated D

http://s36.photobucket.com/use...sk9zrqfqu.png.html?o=0

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    MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Post Mint Damage
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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, PMD -



    otherwise known as a 'sliced digit' - very very common occurrence



    The 0 was sliced from a counting or rolling machine.
    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.
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    TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: MWallace

    Post Mint Damage




    I agree.



    There might be an indication of what happened from the scratch that appears to come from the upper right, and head directly toward the date. Whatever machinery made the scratch appears to have bumped and moved the "0" of the date.



    Added: Well, if I had known Fred Weinberg was going to comment, I wouldn't have bothered. image
    Easily distracted Type Collector
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    ModCrewmanModCrewman Posts: 4,055 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image



    For anyone too lazy to look at the link.
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    chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭
    I graduated from high school in 1970...it was a hard year
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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: chumley

    I graduated from high school in 1970...it was a hard year




    That's why it's prounounced, "nineteen seven dee."



    Oh be quiet. It's reasonable.
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    mustangmanbobmustangmanbob Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1970, decent weather that year, but there was a NASTY draft.
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,721 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting find.... PMD, but I would keep it in a flip for educational purposes. Cheers, RickO
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    silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,869 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PMD
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    newcollectnewcollect Posts: 205 ✭✭✭
    Thanks everyone !!
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    IrishMikeyIrishMikey Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: topstuf
    Originally posted by: chumley
    I graduated from high school in 1970...it was a hard year


    That's why it's prounounced, "nineteen seven dee."

    Oh be quiet. It's reasonable.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,815 ✭✭✭✭✭
    post mint damage.
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    IrishMikeyIrishMikey Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭
    That kind of damage occurs when the fingers that crimped the paper on a penny roll hit the coin. Not the type of wrappers that you fold over, but the kind that mechanically rolled the end of the wrapper inwards, allowing part of the end coin to be seen.

    When this affects the last digit in the date, it is much easier to spot, since it looks so different.

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