1998 Weak Strike?

[mikediamond]

Here's the article: http://www.coinworld.com/insights/gr...-of-error.html

[jfines69]

Excellent article Mike... Thanks!!!

[joel]

Mike, Thank you for the article and the very thorough explanation. I have forwarded the article to my three adult children and they were very interested and impressed by your very comprehensive discussion of the origin of grease-mold replication. I very much appreciate your interest, your time and your investigation into this unusual Lincoln cent.

[mikediamond]

Thank you for your sharp eyes and generous loan of this specimen. -- Mike

[joel]

Fifteen months later and I found a duplicate of my 1998 grease mold doubled Lincoln. I found it on Coin Talk because a member Amos 811 uses it as his avatar. Check it out.

[Amos 811]

Fifteen months later and I found a duplicate of my 1998 grease mold doubled Lincoln. I found it on Coin Talk because a member Amos 811 uses it as his avatar. Check it out.

And here I am. 1st post. Yup, found the 98 CRH during the year, still have it.

[joel]

And here I am. 1st post. Yup, found the 98 CRH during the year, still have it.

Amos 811, Great to hear from you. I hope you are not upset that I did not contact you directly. I tried but your personal page said only approved persons could contact you. I was astounded when I saw your avatar on Coin Talk. It was a strikingly similar one to mine found in 2014. Mike Diamond wrote about the grease mold doubling that caused the error. If you don't have the article I can link it to you. Again, great to hear from you and welcome to LCF!

[Amos 811]

Amos 811, Great to hear from you. I hope you are not upset that I did not contact you directly. I tried but your personal page said only approved persons could contact you. I was astounded when I saw your avatar on Coin Talk. It was a strikingly similar one to mine found in 2014. Mike Diamond wrote about the grease mold doubling that caused the error. If you don't have the article I can link it to you. Again, great to hear from you and welcome to LCF!

I have done a lot of research on this, I even have correspondence with PCGS concerning this. I will add more tomorrow. Thanks for the welcome, I did read the article, and Mike is on the coin talk as well, so he chimed in when i 1st posted.

[duck620]

Nice find joel.

[Amos 811]

any updates?

[mikediamond]

Only this: http://www.error-ref.com/grease-mold-doubling/

[stoneman227]

any updates?

I filled the 96 gap with this one last year .

http://www.lincolncentforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=108194&d=1457770269

John