My buddy and were sorting out a ton of wheat pennies and we came across the 1941 penny where the date shows 11941. We looked under a microscope and the first one looks identical to the one that is supposed to be there, except on the bottom of the 1st one looks like it widens out on the bottom just a little so it looks a little shorter. From the side, everything looks good. Double die? And I have never heard of one like this, so I don't what to think about it.
Is it raised above the field like the other numbers? I'd need a better close-up of the date, but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that someone may have scraped the number off one coin and glued it to your specimen. It wouldn't be that hard to do. Try to use the max power on your scope and check around the edge to look for a seam or (maybe) glue. Chris
I wi look at it again, I don't think so, and from the side it looks like the second number. I will see what I can do about taking better pictures from the side as well.
That feature may look somewhat like a Number 1, however, the Logotype Date Punch contains all 4 numbers for the year, so whatever that is it was not part of a normal Date Punch.
Not at home, but no gouge out of the back. It is razed about the same as the 1 next to it. When I do get home, I will check for glue, but I hope I would have noticed it as being out of place if it was glued, but I will check that as well.
Maybe the extra 1 is from the "missing" last T in TRUST, placed upside down. Or that T could just be a greased die...
I'd say " Strike-Through " error, heres some I have http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/black-eyed-grant-cause-explained
