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1. Re: Is this Lincoln error real???

   

   Comment by astrorat · June 27, 2011 12:46AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i>Good Morning - I'd say it's a counterfeit 2nd Strike, with false dies. (based on what I can see in the scans) It's very similar in appearance to most of the Double Struck in collar Cents that are illustrated in the old Spadone book on Mint errors - it was either done around the same time as those in the book…

2. Re: Is this Lincoln error real???

   

   Comment by FredWeinberg · June 27, 2011 12:30AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Good Morning - I'd say it's a counterfeit 2nd Strike, with false dies. (based on what I can see in the scans) It's very similar in appearance to most of the Double Struck in collar Cents that are illustrated in the old Spadone book on Mint errors - it was either done around the same time as those in the book (probably the…

3. Re: Is this Lincoln error real???

   

   Comment by CaptHenway · June 25, 2011 1:00PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Looks like a false die double strike to me. TD

4. Re: Is this Lincoln error real???

   

   Comment by seanq · June 25, 2011 1:56PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i>Looks like a false die double strike to me. TD >> I agree, the kicker is that the second strike was slightly off center yet the planchet did not distort and the coin does not appear broadstruck. A genuine double strike would have been under much more pressure, the coin would have expanded and the original strike…