In the enlarged picture you can see a stain-like shape, it looks to me as though it was ground off. If you know that is not what happened, it may have been struck thought grease.
Ah! You guys don't know what you're talking about! The Mint struck 2 billion of these in 200AD. Really, it looks like a grease-filled die to me, and the "stain-like shape" is probably the periphery of a very thin layer of grease strikethrough. If you look closely, it appears to be slightly recessed at the top-left. Chris
I disagree, you can see that it appears that someone grounded the last number off the date or if it is a grease filled die that part of the top layer of the coin is missing. *edit, should have read chris's post..but I will still disagree just to be different :devil:
Could be a greaser, but I think I see some damage in the area...it's hard to tell from the pictures. I have to lean on the side of shoeman.
Might I point out to those that are questioning whether this is a grease filled die that this is Zincoln and any damage that would remove a number would also expose the zinc.
Kind of looks similar to marks I get on metal when using a dremel tool to polish parts. However I am not experienced at all when it comes to errors, just my 2 cents.
thatmatthe copper plating on a zincoln is so thin that you can accidently scrape through it with the staple from a 2x2 flip.
Ouch I'll keep that in mind. I just put a couple in flips the other day. Luckily I'm pretty accurate with the staples Thanks for the info.
