View Full Version : New 1996-P Lathe Lines Cent!
Found this coin in my last brick, and just got around to researching it. This is the first example of lathe lines that I have found, and it appears to be a new one too. It is not listed on http://www.errorvariety.com/Lathe-lines/index.html, and I don't know of any other sites that catalog these varieties. Either way, glad to add an example of this variety to my collection!
EDIT: The lathe lines are on the reverse, forgot to clarify that.
makecents
04-04-2019, 03:39 PM
I am not familiar with straight lathe lines. What I see here is light blisters probably due to rollers. The only lathe lines I know are circular that are created by a lathe which works in a circular pattern.
LINK (http://www.error-ref.com/lathe_rings_on_a_1996-d_lincoln_cent/)
willbrooks
04-04-2019, 03:42 PM
Looks like it. Impressive eye-balling. I seriously doubt I would have spotted that during routine searching.
I am not familiar with straight lathe lines. What I see here is light blisters probably due to rollers. The only lathe lines I know are circular that are created by a lathe which works in a circular pattern.
LINK (http://www.error-ref.com/lathe_rings_on_a_1996-d_lincoln_cent/)Sorry, I should have clarified, the lathe lines are on the reverse. You are correct in that there is a large plating blister on the obverse and that lathe lines appear in a circular pattern, they are just on the reverse :)
makecents
04-04-2019, 03:55 PM
Sorry, I should have clarified, the lathe lines are on the reverse. You are correct in that there is a large plating blister on the obverse and that lathe lines appear in a circular pattern, they are just on the reverse :)Oh wow!! Good eye for sure! I enlarged your closeup and can see them well in the corners where the columns meet the bays. Nice catch!!
jfines69
04-06-2019, 04:04 AM
Welcome to the LCF... The error variety site has noy been updated in a while... The author/owner has been under the weather lately... I think yours would be a candidate for inclusion to the site when he gets back up and running again... Nice find and really nice pics for a 1st post... Congrats!!!