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Waffled Lincoln? Help I got an answer!!!!!!!!

Postby henrysmedford » Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:34 pm

We found this 2001 and the guy at the coin shop thought it might be a mint error . But he had not seen one like it. He said he would take it to the Long Beach Ca. show in June to ask if I could not find a answer by then.
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby Morsecode » Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:40 pm

Nah...that's just one of my discards. I bite 'em now to make sure they're zinc :lol:

Neat find. Really have no idea. Someone here will know.
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby henrysmedford » Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:48 pm

Morsecode wrote:Nah...that's just one of my discards. I bite 'em now to make sure they're zinc :lol:

Neat find. Really have no idea. Someone here will know.

The odd part it is raised on both sides .
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby Tourney64 » Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:53 pm

Looks like intense heat may have caused it.
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Postby COINJIM » Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:57 pm

Nice find,I'm curious myself as to what could have made those waffles. :P
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby henrysmedford » Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:08 pm

Tourney64 wrote:Looks like intense heat may have caused it.

Does any one have a torch to see if the can make one?
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby VWBEAMER » Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:42 pm

No, I think it's an error, look at the bottom on the obverse, there is a section where the rim is stamped twice. looks like it was hung up in the die.
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Postby VWBEAMER » Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:43 pm

BTW, I would put it on eBay with a Buy it Now price of 1.5 million..... :D
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby henrysmedford » Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:08 pm

VWBEAMER wrote:No, I think it's an error, look at the bottom on the obverse, there is a section where the rim is stamped twice. looks like it was hung up in the die.

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It does have a lighter color to it.
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby bman » Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:47 pm

My first impression is damage but I can't say for sure. I would let the dealer take it to the show and see what other dealers think.
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby henrysmedford » Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:54 pm

bman wrote:My first impression is damage but I can't say for sure. I would let the dealer take it to the show and see what other dealers think.

I think I will do that.
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby shinnosuke » Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:41 pm

Somebody just put it in a vice and squeezed the dog out of it?
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby henrysmedford » Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:42 pm

shinnosuke wrote:Somebody just put it in a vice and squeezed the dog out of it?

It does not match the sides. Also looking at the rim the size stays the same.
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby tinhorn » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:08 pm

Sure looks like it was run between a couple bevel gears or a chain and sprocket.

Not to derail Henry's thread, but here are pics of a REAL waffled coin. If anyone has an explanation for this weirdness, I hope Henry doesn't mind if you post it. And yup, the bumps appear around the edge, too.
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby 68Camaro » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:27 pm

Looks to me like it has been etched in acid. I mean the most recent image... not the one that started the thread.
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby henrysmedford » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:27 pm

tinhorn wrote:Sure looks like it was run between a couple bevel gears or a chain and sprocket.

Not to derail Henry's thread, but here are pics of a REAL waffled coin. If anyone has an explanation for this weirdness, I hope Henry doesn't mind if you post it. And yup, the bumps appear around the edge, too.

If this website is right we both do not have a waffled coin--http://www.mintproducts.com/waffle-quarters-cancelled-at-the-mint-order-two-and-save.html
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"In 2003 the U.S. Mint began using machines to cancel coins with possible defects. The coins are put through high pressure rollers that obliterate much the coin's design. The cancelled coins are left with a corrugated or "Waffle"pattern. thus, the term Waffle Coin."
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby bman » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:29 pm

this is what a "waffled" coin looks like:

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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby henrysmedford » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:42 pm

bman wrote:this is what a "waffled" coin looks like:

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A six pack of that Miller Light in your Avatar will do the same thing.
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby bman » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:46 pm

it would take more then a 6 pack :lol:
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby henrysmedford » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:58 pm

bman wrote:it would take more then a 6 pack :lol:

In Oregon we drink microbrews. I was thinking the Millers would make one just plain sick. :D
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby henrysmedford » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:02 am

I got an answer from CONECA http://conecaonline.org/ Image
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This cent appears to have been heated and then crushed. It's definitely not a minting error.

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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help

Postby PreservingThePast » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:23 am

henrysmedford wrote:I got an answer from CONECA http://conecaonline.org/ Image
Hi Joe.

This cent appears to have been heated and then crushed. It's definitely not a minting error.

Cheers,

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CONECA is a great organization and Mike Diamond is extremely knowledgeable. Maybe Franklin should join with all of the cool things he finds. There is a great magazine that you get every couple of months. Dues are reasonable too. I have been a member for about two years now.

Enjoy your coin searches, everyone. :geek:
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help I got an answer!!!!!!!!

Postby OtusLotus » Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:19 pm

That last coin.. looks like Stone Cold Steve Austin...lol

not only has he been known to waffle but also drink a few beers from time to time :)
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Re: Waffled Lincoln? Help I got an answer!!!!!!!!

Postby justj2k78 » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:07 pm

OtusLotus wrote:That last coin.. looks like Stone Cold Steve Austin...lol

not only has he been known to waffle but also drink a few beers from time to time :)



I absolutely thought the same. Who the heck is that?
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