Need some help with this. Sorry I can't include pictures, as you know, I have no cam yet. Found this 1944D Lincoln while checking my rolls from my dealer and looking for 44 D/S variety (found 1 actually ) There is a raised section on the coin that appears to have happened at the mint because the date is still visible on this section. I have made an image that shows what I am talking about. It's the best I can do. Seeing if you guys know what might have caused this and what to classify this "error" as. The section in question almost looks as if someone took a small jagged bit of another cent and glued it over the section of the date. Aside from the date still being visible there that is. Thanks in advance, Jasn
Couldn't it also be a struck through planchet piece, occuring when a piece of a different planchet or blank falls onto the coin before it is struck, and then struck into it? I believe the date would not be perfectly visible if this was the case, because on the ones I've seen, it causes distortion. I don't really know, just taking a guess. I would say retained cud, but I think that the anvil die was the reverse on the wheat cents.
Def. not glue. I wish I had a way to get some pics up for you guys. Any idea on any added value to the coin without actually seeing the coin? Jasn P.S. I may plunder ebay and see if I see anything similar NOTE: The small section of the date that is on the raised piece is raised also. It doesn't just "show through", it is actually printed on the raised section of the coin.
I would say, if the reverse is unaffected, that it's a struck through error. Could be a different metal like tin, or a feeder piece, or a piece of 'webbing'. As I've said before, I'm almost as new as you are to errors, so I can't really tell you for sure. It might not even be struck through. P.S., I would reccomend The Price Guide to Mint Errors 7th edition, by Alan Herbert (can't be sure of the exact title, but it's something like that). The book is great for someone who's new to errors. That's where I got most of my (limited) knowledge. It gives a description for most if not all currently known varieties of mint errors, aswell as a lot of pictures and a glossary of error-variety terms. I got mine at Books-a-Million, but you could buy it on eBay or probably the Barnes & Noble website.
