What is this? (YES...I know the answer)

[MintErrors]

OK, this is a 1968-S Proof Lincoln Cent.
I will add as many photos as I can of the "subject coin".
Feel free to debate on what YOU think it is....
I will let comments and questions come in for a while and then we can debate on what we think it is.



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[MintErrors]

A few more...

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[occnumis2021]

for my part, if it wern't for the OF image, i would attribute what i see as nothing more than proof imaging artifacts. 99% of the proof images i see (from non-numismatists) are just various forms of light refraction/reflection BUT since it is you, i gotta believe you aren't trolling us.

that effect looks familiar but i cannot think of a term for it.

w/o looking it up, it could be a listed variety albeit not how they usually look. (at least from the images)

i'll say 60% chance it is a listed variety, 20% chance it is just nothing. MD/lighting issue etc., 10% chance of it being error, 10% i'm not fully awake yet and i'm talking out of my butt.

[MintErrors]

@occnumis2021

No trickery, trolling or anything deceptive. I am just trying to see if there is any interest in these type of posts. Most members may come here to drop a note for their coins and may only reply to their own posts.

I used the proper lighting to show the condition vice trying to hide it. It is not slabbed. Its photos of an actual coin that looks the way it does in the photos.

[Shleppodella1]

Is it the 1968S WWHO-001 causing the doubling from the obv die paired with the rev used for the 1968S 1C WDDO-001?

[MintErrors]

This is a Proof coin in my photos above.
There is no doubled die evident on the obverse of this coin.

[occnumis2021]

now the trick is how the heck am i gonna remember where i've seen this effect, especially not listed as a variety cuz they are out there.

you said you know what it is. so, what is is?

[MintErrors]

now the trick is how the heck am i gonna remember where i've seen this effect, especially not listed as a variety cuz they are out there.

you said you know what it is. so, what is is?

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Its just worthless damage. A proof cent is typically struck more than once. This coin exhibits a lot of the worthless doubling / mechanical damage signs. Especially on the columns, side of the building and of course the letters.

I am knee deep in projects this week. I am building three 6 foot long 24 inch wide raised garden planters raised 2 feet and painting the office. The weather is holding for now, so I will be outside more than in. I love being outdoors in the Spring and Fall.

Hold the fort. I will check in on occasion, but it may be later in the evening if any energy is left in da tank.