1970 Lincoln cent

[Jeeponline55]

Hello found this in a small coin envelope as pictures. It was randomly among other coins I received when my grandfather died a few years back. He wasn't a collector or enthusiast so this has been sitting in the envelope for 40+ years. I'm not a collector either but i enjoy hunting for old coins. Anyway no idea what to make of this as it appears to be a conglomerate of errors.
Hopefully the pics show (broke note 5 screen so have a loaner and camera is awful ) but there are reverse struck images ( *red lines in picture*in God we trust reversed on back of coin along with Lincoln head ). Any info would be fantastic. Thank you in advance

 

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[bradyboy]

first off, the coin doesn't match the envelope
looks like it was put into a press, after it was minted
IMO
BRady

 

[huntsman53]

Littleton Stamp & Coin Co. Inc. have long been known for selling over graded and over rated coins to Collectors for outrageous prices, and I am sorry to say but I believe that this coin which they sent to your' Grandfather, is no exception! It appears to be a man-made Error using another Cent and a vise or a hammer to create the so-called Error coin. Besides having reversed details and lettering of the Obverse on the Reverse of the coin, the obliteration of the details and lettering on the Obverse of the coin, do not match what we should see if it was an actual Error. Sorry that your' Grandfather was a victim of a greedy coin and stamp selling company!


Frank

 

[bradyboy]

I agree on all everything Hunt said, I know first hand re: Littleton, rip off
Brady

 

[tamrock]

Littleton coin got their claws hooked into my Mom after I moved away and she ended up with a bunch of those little envelopes with a wide variety of U.S. coins. I finally convinced her to stop buying them and later I sold them all off for her to a dealer. If eBay was around when I unloaded them, I may have got a little more out of them all?

 

[kcm]

I have to agree with the above posts. This cent appears to be intentionally made.