2012 Lincoln Error?

I didn't expect to find an error on such a modern coin but, we're human and edit things up all the time, right? This is a 2012 Lincoln Cent with an inverted "3" and what appears to be the top half of a "2", or "S", stamped on Lincolns shoulder.

Do ya'll think this is something significant, valuable, etc.?

 

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Pareidolia!

 

2nd that.

 

So you're implying that the very clear "3" in in fact, not a "3"?

 

UFO'S

 

Exactly.. Not a 3.. I say also Paredolia.

 

You got it! You're the one who is trying to find an error, not me.

 

Pareidolia (/pɛraɪˈdoʊliə/, /pɛriː-/) is the tendency for incorrect perception of a stimulus as an object, pattern or meaning known to the observer.

Yup.

 

What? How is that of any help?

 

I'm aware of the definition. however, I'm extremely confused that this is the information I'm being given when the "3" is so evident? It's quite unmistakable.

 

its my version of pareidolia stands for unidentifiable flying objects as I call it on coins just trying to make something new.

 

Really not that 'evident' it's just a plating issue that looks like some kind of 3.

 

And ask yourself, where would a "3" come from?

 

Okay. I appreciate the feedback.

 

Not to sound like an ass, as I'm truly grateful for all of the input and feedback, but I would assume this type of error would stem from the same human error that the others do, no?

 

Nope. It happens during the minting of the coins with machinery. Don't worry about human errors.
This is CoinTalk not HumanTalk

 

1) The "3" is evident to you, no one else.
2) It just happens to be a curvy line that looks like the bottom of a "3".
3) What you might think is the top loop of the "3" is flat across the top. The Mint does not use a "flat top 3" on the Lincoln cent.
4) If this figment of your imagination was a "3" it is taller than the typical digit used by the Mint.
5) The bottom loop of the "3" curves upward slightly at the end. The "3" used by the Mint does not curve slightly upward. It straightens out in a downward, southwesterly direction.
6) Pareidolia!

 

What human error? Give us examples.

 

If there were to be a "3" it would have to some sort of "dropped element" like a "3" from the date. Since the coin is 2012, there is no "3" anywhere and therefore not possible.
Check out this link about dropped elements:
http://www.error-ref.com/?s=dropped

 

Ask yourself how could this occur in the minting process? The answer is simple, it can't. Your Cent is on Zinc with a thin copper coating. And that's the problem. It's easily moved metal and the copper coating forms large and small blisters in all areas. Welcome to CT.