Interesting penny

[cti4sw]

Found this in my change today. As a habit I check all 1988 pennies for RDV-006. For those who don't know, you can read about it here. It was...difficult (lol) to check this one. You can see why:



My initial thought was a grease error but the edges of the Memorial are sharp, even in their circulated condition, and the initials are just...not there. I don't even see a trace of them. Thoughts?

 

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[Erik in NJ]

Filled die maybe? Cool find for sure. The pic you provided is great-- how did you take it? USB miscroscope?

 

[cti4sw]

Filled die maybe? Cool find for sure. The pic you provided is great-- how did you take it? USB miscroscope?

Yeah we have a Leica EZ4HD at work

 

[cti4sw]

I just searched these on eBay and found 2 more for sale there. Apparently a few got out before they caught it at the Mint. Guess I'll add this one to my ever-growing collection of penny errors.

 

[Erik in NJ]

I'd be curious to know what an error like this is worth. Can you post a link to an auction?

I just searched these on eBay and found 2 more for sale there. Apparently a few got out before they caught it at the Mint. Guess I'll add this one to my ever-growing collection of penny errors.

 

[cti4sw]

I'd be curious to know what an error like this is worth. Can you post a link to an auction?

Not as much as I'd hoped, apparently. Here are the two auctions I saw:

1988 D Lincoln Cent NO FG Reverse Struckthrough Heavy Grease | eBay

1983 Lincoln Cent "NO FG" ON Reverse Mint Roll Fresh MS RED BU | eBay