1935s Wheat Penny Error?

[jeffminer3315]

Im new to coin collecting and discovered this 1935s Wheat Penny with lines running
thru the date and mint mark. Has any one ever seen this?

 

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[Dozer D]

Looks like a die/scratched error. Nice find, but the real experts will reply soon.

 

[huntsman53]

Try taking a closeup pic or two of the lines and Date and uploading them here. As is, when I click on the pic it opens to a larger pic but I am unable to tell what is up with the lines and when I click on that pic, the zoomed in pic is too pixelated to tell anything either.


Frank

 

[Liu21]

looks like the line was stamped ontop of the date, then the mind mark ontop of the second line...

 

[jeffminer3315]

Is this better

 

[Liu21]

Nice find!

 

[kingskid1611]

Looks like cats whiskers.

 

[Reed Lukens]

Strange as this sounds, after seeing how worn the entire coin is and then how defined the error is, I would take it to a pro and see if it is faked or added. Yes the "S" is above but the wear really makes me wonder. The die must have broke but I've never seen an error as distinct as this and if it was real, I think it would have been grabbed up long before any wear came to it. It just doesn't look equal, even the date wear and then with this on top... I would need to look at it under a scope.

 

[conleytheking]

I really don't enjoy reading posts where people can't have a nice conversation and laugh about things.

No one on here is being paid to answer your questions..
So it's a little rude to respond to someone saying something silly.

Anyway.. Interesting whisker penny you have there
Take it to your local vet and see what they say about it.

 

[enamel7]

I really don't enjoy reading posts where people can't have a nice conversation and laugh about things.

No one on here is being paid to answer your questions..
So it's a little rude to respond to someone saying something silly.

Anyway.. Interesting whisker penny you have there
Take it to your local vet and see what they say about it.

I agree. I personally think it has to be Pmd. Kinda like sliced with an exacto knife then worn over time to give it a rounded look.

 

[NHBandit]

Been collecting coins for a LONG time and this one has me stumped. At first I thought it was from a damaged die that had the "S" repunched afterwards. This would explain why the line is on top of the date but under the mint mark. But.. Logic tells me that when they repunched the s they surely would have caught the damage. I have to say it's been damaged after being minted but I'm not sure how it could happen and cause the raised lines. One theory was that maybe a couple strands of copper wire ended up being stuck to the coin but the s being on top of the one line cancels out that thought.. Perplexing for sure.. If it was mine though I might be tempted to pick at one of the "lines" with a needle and see if it comes off. The amount of wear on the lines dosn't match the amount of wear on the rest of the coin which also makes me think it had to have happened later.

 

[enamel7]

As Doc Brown would say, you're not thinking 4th dimensionally. If die damage, the damage could be on the face of the die. The mint mark is recessed into the die and wouldn't be damaged.

 

[LooseChange]

I agree. I personally think it has to be Pmd. Kinda like sliced with an exacto knife then worn over time to give it a rounded look.

I guess I'm seeing it differently. It looks to me like the "whiskers" are raised from the surface, not recessed (cut) into the surface.

If it were die gouge for example, that die defect would need to be after the date engraving but before the mint mark engraving to show what the photo looks like to me. There might be a perception problem that makes people see it differently (blue/black or white/gold).

 

[enamel7]

The dies aren't engraved. They're made from working hubs. The mm is punched into the die during that era. I'm suggesting a cut looking like a plowed field. The knife making a deep cut and the excess metal being pushed to the outside like dirt pushed out from a row. Time would round that off, hiding the original cut.

 

[LooseChange]

The dies aren't engraved. They're made from working hubs. The mm is punched into the die during that era. I'm suggesting a cut looking like a plowed field. The knife making a deep cut and the excess metal being pushed to the outside like dirt pushed out from a row. Time would round that off, hiding the original cut.

Yeah, I realize that each working die is not individually engraved. Rather, they are made from a working hub, made from a master, made from an engraving. I was just trying to convey the concept of order of things.

I see where you are going with the concept of an exacto-like cut pushing a plow ridge next to a furrow. It is hard to imagine that as the cause, but as you say, continued wear could erase the telltales.