Errors 1968-S 1C Lincoln Cent -- Costa Rica 5 Centavos Planchet

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1968-S 1C Lincoln Cent -- Costa Rica 5 Centavos Planchet Struck Into Obverse -- MS64 NGC. 4 grams. Numista.com informs us that 4.84 million Costa Rica 5 centavos were struck at the San Francisco Mint in 1968. Those coins were dated 1967, and struck in stainless steel with a weight of 0.875 grams and a diameter of 14.92 mm. Bronze Lincoln cents have a statutory weight of 3.11 grams, thus the combined weight of a bronze Lincoln cent and a 1967 Costa Rica 5 centavos should be 3.885 grams, similar to the weight stated on the insert. A Costa Rica 5 centavos planchet inadvertently ended up in a bin of cent planchets, and was fed together with a cent planchet between 1968-S cent dies. The 5 centavos was well-centered over the cent planchet, and situated between the obverse die and the cent planchet. The cent reverse has a normal appearance save for a broad "railroad rim" near 6 o'clock. A railroad rim is also present on the obverse, near 3 and 9 o'clock.

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