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Could you explain?
Piri
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Piri
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It isn't an error. It is just damage caused by the coin being hit by some hard object during its circulation life.
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It is not an error, it is damage.
The bulge on the reverse indicates that it has taken a hit on the obverse.
This greatly devaluates the value of the cent.
Thank you for your clear photos.
This is not a die error.
It is "post mint damage".
What happened was that a heavy impact hit the obverse at Lincoln's lower head and neck.
The reverse was sitting on a hard flat surface.
So a large impact mark was created on the lower head and neck.
And the corresponding (center) of the reverse was flattened.
You could achieve roughly the same effect by hitting a coin twice with a ball peen hammer with the coin on a flat surface.
Another solution
A small piece of metal was rolled into the planchet, falling out after the strike.When the upper die struck the planchet and the small piece on it, down to the small piece thickness; die design, up to design cavities penetrates into the planchette and creating the error obverse of the coin.
Durig the stroke, the small piece tries to protrude under the planchet due to its thickness.
The lower die struck the planchet and crushes this protrusion. And the coin has dents on the reverse side and the bottom die design is missing the error image is created.
That coin looks rough, but is 100% post-mint damage.
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I smell a troll. If someone can explain parts of the striking process in that detail, yet still post a PMD coin asking us to explain, troll
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Morgan White
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jmlanzaf
Thank you for your enlightening information. I approve.Kind regards.