1982 P Small Date Lincoln Memorial Cent Grease fill error or Damaged? 1 1

[Mrph12]

1982 P Small Date Lincoln Memorial Cent  Grease fill error or Damaged?

[Coinbuf]

Damaged, a grease fill would not affect the rim 

Edited March 20 by Coinbuf

[Greenstang]

Lack of partial rim suggests it has been ground, sanded down, not an error.

[powermad5000]

The lack of the rim negates that it was from a grease filled die. Even a grease filled die would still have the rim intact. It is possible this was a dryer coin and the obverse was stuck somewhere that it did not sustain any damage. More likely, this seems to be a piece that was artificially created to look like an error, possibly made by someone looking to deceive someone and scam them out of their money.

Even capped dies still have a rim on the coin struck with a capped die.

[VKurtB]

See Occam’s Razor.

[Henri Charriere]

File under Locard's principle.

[Henri Charriere]

On 3/22/2024 at 7:12 PM, VKurtB said:

See Occam’s Razor.

"The simplest explanation is usually the best one."