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2009-P Professional Life Double Error - Obv. Die Clash & Rev. Die Chips #5
2009-P Professional Life Double Error - Obv. Die Clash & Rev. Die Chips #5
2009-P Professional Life Double Error - Obv. Die Clash & Rev. Die Chips #5
2009-P Professional Life Double Error - Obv. Die Clash & Rev. Die Chips #5
2009-P Professional Life Double Error - Obv. Die Clash & Rev. Die Chips #5
2009-P Professional Life Double Error - Obv. Die Clash & Rev. Die Chips #5
2009-P Professional Life Double Error - Obv. Die Clash & Rev. Die Chips #5
2009-P Professional Life Double Error - Obv. Die Clash & Rev. Die Chips #5
2009-P Professional Life Double Error - Obv. Die Clash & Rev. Die Chips #5
2009-P Professional Life Double Error - Obv. Die Clash & Rev. Die Chips #5
2009-P Professional Life Double Error - Obv. Die Clash & Rev. Die Chips #5
2009-P Professional Life Double Error - Obv. Die Clash & Rev. Die Chips #5

2009-P Professional Life Double Error - Obv. Die Clash & Rev. Die Chips #5

$ 0.52

Availability: 23 in stock
  • Composition: Copper-Plated Zinc
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Denomination: Small Cent
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Mint Location: Philadelphia
  • Coin: Lincoln Bicentennial
  • Strike Type: Business
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Year: 2009
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    This auction is for one
    BRILLIANT
    UNCIRCULATED 2009
    Philadelphia
    Mint
    Professional
    Life Reverse Lincoln
    Cent with TWO SEPARATE
    ERRORS
    , an
    OBVERSE DIE CLASH
    and
    REVERSE DIE CHIPS
    .
    It is important to mention that
    these errors are MICROSCOPIC
    , and in
    order to see them clearly, you must have sufficient magnification (loupe
    or scope).  Under magnification, the errors are spectacular!
    Windows
    from the reverse
    design appear on the obverse on Lincoln's cheek and
    jaw,
    and the die chips
    are on the rightmost upper and lower windows on
    the
    reverse side design.
    Die clashes occur when the dies used to strike the coin blanks (planchets)
    come
    together without a coin between them.  Elements of either reverse
    or obverse side designs transfer to the opposite side of the coins struck
    using these damaged dies.  In an attempt to "erase" the clash on the ob-
    verse, an apparent effort by Mint workers to polish out the anomaly flat-
    tened Lincolns cheek and facial details. Most of these errors are spotted
    by automation
    or sharp-eyed Mint employees who promptly retire the dies
    from service.
    For this reason, die clashes and large die chips on coins are
    not found so
    often, and are considered to be a rare thing among collectors.
    Die chips occur during the course of die usage when small pieces of
    the dies disintegrate, shatter or break off the die due to the massive ton-
    nage of pressure used to strike the planchets.
    Collectors prize the rare and large die chips and die cracks, as well as
    the unusually rare clashed die errors which occur much less frequently.
    Many die clash errors are not as visible because they are found only after
    many years of a coin's circulating lifetime.  These errors were found in
    UNCIRCULATED BANK ROLLS,
    so they are much easier to see under
    magnification.
    I have found only a small number of these errors in two
    String and Sons
    Bank-
    wrapped
    Rolls.
    Good luck in bidding on this desirable double-sided error from the one
    year low-mintage 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Professional Life reverse cent.