Extra Leg on W

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There appears to be an extra leg on the In God We Trust W. What say ye?

 

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Dropped letter my best guess not seeing the full view the I > in > in [ in god we trust]

 

That is nice looking. A flat die chip?

 

Nope. https://www.error-ref.com/struck-through_dropped_filling/

But I also would ask...is it raised?

 

Yes it’s raised but I’m not referring to flat as in the field. I’m referring flat as die chips tend not to be this flat. They are rounded in nature. To me this appears to be larger on the upper end.

 

Neat find! And (a belated) welcome to CoinTalk...

 

I believe it's a gouge.

 

I'd like to see the full coin. What date and mint is it?

 

It is raised. Appears the same height as the W and E. Not sure if the W is on top of it or vice versa. The three pics in the original post is as close as I can get.

 

The appendage appears raised. Not sure if these pics will help. Doesn't appear to have come off another letter on this coin.

 

2000 D.

 

I will start a new category, retained strike thru.

 

The gouge would be in the die, not the coin.

 

@Fredweinberg

 

Did you read the descriptions of a dropped letter? Post 4
And for future reference please post images in full .

 

Oh, OK.

 

Thank you for the article from error-ref.com. What a great resource! I will be referring to it regularly. All of you are such a great resource as well. Thank you!

 

I did read the article, finally, and loved it. I believe it's either the grease or dropped letter. Will post full-coin pics along with closeups from now on. However, if it was grease wouldn't there be some design features missing?

 

I tagged Fred Weinberg but didn't split his name so it most probably did not work.
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