1946 S Penny

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by VistaCruiser69, Jun 6, 2020.

  1. VistaCruiser69

    VistaCruiser69 Well-Known Member

    87F5599F-81DB-47F8-A1FF-98937CD641D1.jpeg BFA8B0CC-D87B-49C1-B0C7-F2A7EEC98FED.jpeg E6B4D054-6692-4DFF-B1E1-56484276F69F.jpeg Over the past several years I’ve set aside every Wheatie that I’ve come across, and now I’ve accumulated a few hundred of them. After a number of months on this site learning quite a bit about coins, I decided to start looking closely at them tonight. I started with the ones from the 40’s. I came across two interesting one, this being one of them. It looks like a piece of material is missing right above the date right up to the rim of the coin. I’m thinking there may have been a piece of material/chip stuck to the die which caused the indention when the coin was pressed. Any ideas on how this happened and what this would be categorized as?
     
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  3. paddyman98

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    I’m thinking there may have been a piece of material/chip stuck to the die which caused the indention when the coin was pressed.
     
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  4. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    Nice find.
    That coin is called a Struck Thru Error. You could say struck thru debris or struck thru foreign object. Just plain struck thru works.
     
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  5. Sidney Osborne

    Sidney Osborne Well-Known Member

    Doesn't look like post mint damage.... looks like something small formed east of the 6 at the edge of the rim...(just trying to learn)
     
  6. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Nice strike through
     
  7. VistaCruiser69

    VistaCruiser69 Well-Known Member

    Cool. My first strike through.
     
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  8. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Congrats
     
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