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1974-S 1C Lincoln Cent Mated Error Pair NGC.... (Total: 2 coins)

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1974-S Cent Mated Die Pair
Coin #1 Struck on a 1973 Panama Tenth Balboa
Coin #2 Reverse Brockage From a Tenth Balboa
MS66 and MS64 Brown

1974-S 1C Lincoln Cent Mated Error Pair NGC. The mated pair consists of Coin #1 -- Struck on a 1973 Panama Tenth Balboa -- MS66 NGC; and Coin #2 -- Reverse Brockage -- MS64 Brown NGC. The U.S. Mint struck coins for Panama during 1973, including tenth balboas struck on clad Roosevelt dime planchets. The San Francisco Mint struck Lincoln cents for commerce during 1974. Unlikely as it may seem, it appears that a Lincoln cent die pair consisted of two 1974-S obverse dies, and a struck tenth balboa was fed between those two obverse dies, along with a normal cent planchet. The tenth balboa and cent planchet were stacked on top of each other, with the reverse of the tenth balboa facing one of the obverse dies. The strike pushed the tenth balboa obverse into the reverse of the cent planchet, creating a brockage: an incused and reversed image of the tenth balboa obverse. The brockage side of Coin #2 exhibits moderate carbon. A mated pair certain to evoke discussion within the error community.

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2020 September 18 - 20 US Coins Signature Auction #1319 (go to Auction Home page)
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September, 2020
18th-20th Friday-Sunday
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