Description

2000 Lincoln Cent, MS66

Struck Over a Sacagawea Dollar

2000 1C Lincoln Cent -- Struck on a Sacagawea Dollar -- MS66 PCGS. A remarkable double denomination error. The first strike was normal, between Sacagawea dollar dies on a Sacagawea manganese alloy planchet. Somehow, despite the great disparity of diameter, the coin ended up between Lincoln cent dies, and was struck a second time. The collar die was either absent, or unable to rise above the anvil die due to the large dollar diameter. The cent strike is at 4:30 relative to the dollar strike, nestled just inside the dollar rim. The peach and sea-green surfaces appear pristine aside from dollar edge depressions at 11 and 5 o'clock, perhaps caused by the outskirts of other cent dies within the cent press. The date of the Sacagawea dollar was effaced by the subsequent cent strike, but since the series was introduced in 2000 and the cent is dated 2000, it is safe to presume that the dollar also bore that date.