Interesting Cut 1 1

[CommunicatorDan]

Hello Fellow Coin Collectors

I have been reading about the minting process and how errors can occur on a coin.

I am not sure what to make of this. It is a 1971 S Lincoln Penny with a cut, looks like it's toosmall for a regular cutter to make, I see striations inside the cut instead of a flat cut.

The interesting thing is the edge and the way the metal is shaped. Thoughts?

[Greenstang]

Welcome to the Chat Board

Not an error, it is 100% damage. There is no way that could happen during the striking of the coin.  
Looks like some one has tried to cut it with something like wire cutters or tin snips.

[RWB]

On 9/3/2023 at 10:32 AM, CommunicatorDan said:

I have been reading about the minting process and how errors can occur on a coin.

Can you tell us where you've been reading this, or where you got the idea this was a legitimate error?

[powermad5000]

Hello and welcome! What I see is post mint damage from something with offset blades much like found on WISS tin snips as if someone made an attempt to cut the coin in half unsuccessfully or to produce successfully a non-mint error coin and pass it off fraudulently as a mint error coin.

In your edge photo (thanks for decent photos to answer your question btw), you can see where the blades pushed metal inward as they were not actually removing metal to make the cut as would be in the case of say a hacksaw.

This coin is now just badly damaged intentionally, but is not an error coin.

[CommunicatorDan]

Hi RWB...I was trying to read up on error-ref.com site about rolling induced fissures errors that can happen with a planchet. I thought it might fall into that kind of category.

Thank you all for your imput. I'll keep on looking and learning.

[Coinbuf]

On 9/3/2023 at 3:58 PM, CommunicatorDan said:

Hi RWB...I was trying to read up on error-ref.com site about rolling induced fissures errors that can happen with a planchet. I thought it might fall into that kind of category.

Thank you all for your imput. I'll keep on looking and learning.

Great site with tons of information, glad to see people that use it. 

[VKurtB]

On 9/3/2023 at 2:48 PM, RWB said:

Can you tell us where you've been reading this, or where you got the idea this was a legitimate error?

I bet he can’t.

[VKurtB]

This is a failed attempt to accomplish a much fuller cut. Metal snips and not enough “push” to git er done.

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On 9/3/2023 at 9:39 PM, VKurtB said:

I bet he can’t.

Actually he did state about where he had been reading on error-ref.com.