I have this coin the spelling pluribus is misspelled Sluribus is this an error coin? Thank you Eileen
As far as I know there is no error that could have caused such an error. I know a lot of wheat cents had lamination problems, but to my untrained eye I believe it was struck by something post mint/
Being a wheatie, it has a very high copper content and copper can easily be moved and changed, so when something hit the P, it messed it up. Remember the minting process; a mistake like that would have had to been on the die, and on the master hub. Not likely.
Interesting damage, $1,000,000 on etsy and $100,000 on ebay but nothing a collector would want to have except as a curiosity.
I have the same coin! However l, the "L" is missing from word liberty. https://photos.app.goo.gl/zQgRERPb35SRQRWV7 https://photos.app.goo.gl/2icueZ2MLs95sjKn8 Carrie Eddins
Hi Carrie welcome to CT. Photos are always needed. Your question though can be easily be answered. It is very common for a coin to have a clogged die. Debri and grease filling will fill in the L of liberty and it will either look weak or be missing completely. This doesn't add any value. We also see coins that have a letter or number turned sideways. This happens because copper is malleable and can be moved on the coins surface.
The die could have been filled with grease or debris, which is common. Copper is also a soft metal and it doesn’t take much of a hit to rearrange the spelling or date. This is called damaged but photos of both sides are needed so we can give you the correct answer. You should also start a new thread to get more responses as this one is almost a year old. Welcome to CT.
