Travis 65, I have thousands of pennies but can't say as I have seen a near duplicate of that coin, but it sure looks as though something happened to it at the Mint, not something after the Minting process. Maybe GREASE or OIL???? But it really is not showing the signs of that kind of error???????? Maybe someone with more knowledge than I have can give you a correct answer.
Clutchy that maybe a more correct answer than I gave, it sure is a curious error, if in fact it is a error. Note that the "fg" is not visible at the lower right base, I can only think that was a error at the Mint??????
Unless I'm missing something, I see nothing but a normal coin that has some contact marks that have flattened and distorted some of the letters. Anything else on the coin can simply be attributed to die deterioration.
Desertgem, I never noticed that, but you are right, it has a look as though it has been subjected to some source of heat. You and Jallengomez have a good eye for detail that I obviously lack. I have a 1947 Penny that I thought had been subjected to a high degree of heat and that the metal flowed on both sides of the coin, but the tone of the coin had not changed. I had a expert examine it and he determined that there had been GREASE on the dies when the coin was struck. It is a great looking coin and now is in my collection. Pays to have someone who knows what to look for when checking your coins. I later found one on line that look very much like the one I have and it supported what the expert had told me, grease on the die.
You are definitely correct in noticing these two members. I've been on here 2 or 3 years, and I've come to find that Jim (desertgem) know a ton and Jody (jallengomez) does also, especially about Lincoln varieties. You can almost always trust their opinions.
