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by **pennypicker** » Mon May 30, 2011 12:20 pm

I've been hand sorting for five months now and this is by far the strangest looking cent I have come across. I don't know anything about mint errors so I thought I would throw on a picture and get some opinions from you experts.

by **Somnophore** » Mon May 30, 2011 4:34 pm

Post Mint Damage.

by **bman** » Mon May 30, 2011 6:39 pm

hmmm it looks like another cent planchet was overlapping this one when it was struck.
try laying another cent in the indented area and see how it fits?

by **bman** » Mon May 30, 2011 6:52 pm

I just found this on CONECA's website:

Indented strike
When two planchets overlap each other in the coining chamber, the result is one coin which is a uniface off-center (sometimes called a “stretch strike” because the extra pressure forces the planchet into a larger-than-normal shape) and a second coin with a shallow, irregularly rounded depression on one side caused by the other planchet receiving the strike from that area of the die.

and I think your coin is what they referred to as the "second coin" in this explanation. 8-)

by **pennypicker** » Mon May 30, 2011 8:50 pm

bman wrote:try laying another cent in the indented area and see how it fits?

The curvature of the indentation on the '66 is of a slightly smaller circumference than the typical Lincoln cent. I was hoping it was a perfect fit but it is not the case. :cry:

by **bman** » Mon May 30, 2011 9:03 pm

if it was a blank planchet I think it should be slightly smaller then a cent but I'm not sure...anybody got one they can check?

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