What type is this error

[pronghorn]

I found this 72 D while going through an old coffee can full of lincolns.
The details are flatened on 90+% of the coin
I don't know much about error types or coin error values so any
help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, T

 

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[pronghorn]

Okay, oddcoins emailed and said it is after mint damage.
Can anyone tell me what might happen to a coin to make look like that?

The coin in the second picture below is listed on ebay as an error and looks similar,
except mine is not reduced in diameter at all, the one on ebay is greatly reduced in
diameter.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1948-wheat-cent...goryZ524QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[oddcoins]

It was probably pressed or pounded in between wood or leather ~ it's hard to say exactly what happened, but it's definately a damaged piece and not a mint-made error coin.

Keep looking though ~ there's plenty of great error coins circulating that are highly collectable!

Neil

 

[pronghorn]

Okay oddcoin, got a couple more for you,
found in my bucket o cents. I am about half way through.

First one 63D looks to me to be a lamination error??







second is an 83 D with no copper visable on either side



Third, I think this 51S layed against iron which corroded it

 

[pronghorn]

I guess all I can find is junk

 

[oddcoins]

I guess all I can find is junk

The 63 cent is indeed a lamination error

The 83 cent is a tricky one ~ it's missing it's copper plating ~ but was it like that before it left the mint? Who knows?! That's an error type I shy away from ~ it's very easy to manipulate that error outside the mint.

The 51 wheat is damaged ~ got miss-handled somewhere by someone!

Take care!
Neil