James151
Greenie
- Jul 10, 2013
- 19
- 8
- Detector(s) used
- None yet
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Looks like a 'filled die struck through grease' error coin--like here:
[h=2]Coin Value | Filled Die Struck Through Grease[/h] Don.....
PMD on the '71D
If a coin is struck while elements of the design are clogged, a common error is created known as a struck through grease type. Sometimes, the grease mixture becomes hard and compact through hundreds of strikes, is jarred loose and falls onto the planchet. When the coin is struck, a perfect letter, number or other feature is incuse into the coin.
The dropped letter can fall onto either side of the coin. For instance, even if a number fell off the date on the obverse, it can be struck into the reverse. If you have collected error coins for any length of time, you have probably heard many say that if a coin thought to be an error has an incuse letter, it cannot be an error. That however, as evidenced by dropped letter errors, is actually possible.
found this doing research on the 71 D, thought it was interesting.
Another find this evening the E in liberty is leaning to the right
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I am new to this so these are exciting to me, it may be intrinsic value but I never thought I'd find errors myself.