1990 UFO Variety WUFO-001
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Description
The 1990 UFO Variety WUFO-001 is a unidentified fascinating oddity variety of the United States cent. This variety was discovered on the 1990 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent, part of the Lincoln Memorial Cents 1959-2008 series. Cross-referenced as None known Comments: Since this crazy “variety” falls outside my realm of expertise, Mr. Simpson contacted Mike Diamond who writes the Collectors Clearinghouse column for Coin World and is quite an expert at both errors and die varieties. Mr. Diamond’s analysis follows: “Contrary to my expectations, it does not appear to be a plating blister, a solid dome of swollen corroded zinc, a die chip, or a die bleb (die erosion pit). It really does appear to be a tiny indentation in the die face. As to what caused it, I can’t speculate. It’s too small and in the wrong location to be a Rockwell test mark. Rockwell test marks should be out in the middle of the field, since impressing one close to a die recess will alter the reading. It could represent accidental die damage, but its perfectly circular shape would be unusual for such an error.” Mr. Diamond further comments that “It will probably be filed away as an unexplained curiosity.” Based on this analysis I feel it definitely deserves a UFO listing number.; Wexler Variety ID: 1990 1¢ WUFO-001.
Attribution History
- Discovered by Kenneth R. Simpson Cross References: None known Comments: Since this crazy “variety” falls outside my realm of expertise, Mr. Simpson contacted Mike Diamond who writes the Collectors Clearinghouse column for Coin World and is quite an expert at both errors and die varieties. Mr. Diamond’s analysis follows: “Contrary to my expectations, it does not appear to be a plating blister, a solid dome of swollen corroded zinc, a die chip, or a die bleb (die erosion pit). It really does appear to be a tiny indentation in the die face. As to what caused it, I can’t speculate. It’s too small and in the wrong location to be a Rockwell test mark. Rockwell test marks should be out in the middle of the field, since impressing one close to a die recess will alter the reading. It could represent accidental die damage, but its perfectly circular shape would be unusual for such an error.” Mr. Diamond further comments that “It will probably be filed away as an unexplained curiosity.” Based on this analysis I feel it definitely deserves a UFO listing number.
- None known Comments: Since this crazy “variety” falls outside my realm of expertise, Mr. Simpson contacted Mike Diamond who writes the Collectors Clearinghouse column for Coin World and is quite an expert at both errors and die varieties. Mr. Diamond’s analysis follows: “Contrary to my expectations, it does not appear to be a plating blister, a solid dome of swollen corroded zinc, a die chip, or a die bleb (die erosion pit). It really does appear to be a tiny indentation in the die face. As to what caused it, I can’t speculate. It’s too small and in the wrong location to be a Rockwell test mark. Rockwell test marks should be out in the middle of the field, since impressing one close to a die recess will alter the reading. It could represent accidental die damage, but its perfectly circular shape would be unusual for such an error.” Mr. Diamond further comments that “It will probably be filed away as an unexplained curiosity.” Based on this analysis I feel it definitely deserves a UFO listing number.; Wexler Variety ID: 1990 1¢ WUFO-001
- Expert attribution by Wexler Team