1983 Lincoln cent no E

[1bigpopsont]

As you can see there is no e in front of pluribus and a few of the letters are faint.
good coin or?

 

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[Imfishboy]

Keep it ,it's a collectors coin. A miss stamp.

 

[l.cutler]

Grease filled die, or slightly weakly struck. The area opposite Lincoln's bust sometimes doesn't strike up well. Certainly keep it if you like it, but there is no added value.

 

[enamel7]

Sorry but no. As was said above, that area is generally weak due to the bust taking more metal to fill it's void. Even if a grease filled die it really wouldn't be worth more than face.

 

[galenrog]

This happens quite a lot with modern Lincolns. After a bit of trial and error after switching from a solid .950 copper alloy to copper plated zinc, strike force on the dies was reduced considerably, resulting in frequent weak strikes. Yours is quite common.

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[1bigpopsont]

Thank you all for your input. My next post is about this 1989 ddo ddr i just found.