Lincoln Cent 1941 Error??

I do not know much about error coins, but I found this one today in a bag of wheat pennies I bought at an estate sale.

Can someone please describe what caused this, and it also is there any added value?

Thanks in advance!

 

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Nice error, I don't know what happened but you may want to keep it. If not I'll take it off your hands.

 

Thanks for the offer fretboard, but I think I'm gonna hang on to this one!

I have searched through untold thousands of cents in the last two years and this was only my second error discovered! The other was a cud error on a 1985 cent.

I bought this one in a bag full of wheat cents for $4.80, and there turned out to be $2.60 face value of coins and the majority were from the 30's. No key dates, but I think I did pretty good on the deal.

 

Nice coin accept it's not an error. The number has been peeled away by a mechanical device of some sort, like a roll or counting machine.

 

With a shear of the device such as this - would a counting machine or rolling machine provide enough metal flow for the device to fuse back onto the face of the coin?

 

I have the same coin and posed a similair question a few months ago on this forum. There is a fairly lengthy discussion on it. Much to my dissatisfaction most thought it was post mint damage. A coin sorting machine. I don't agree or understand, but that was the consenous.

 

Here is the link

http://www.cointalk.com/t69649/?highlight=1941

 

Not as error it just got hit with something

Not as error it just got hit with something - we see this fairly often.

 

yup.

 

Coin roller damage :kewl:

 

Damage from a coin-wrapping machine.

 

I Know the above coin is not a variety - I'm just not 100% sold on the stated cause of the damage. Something in my head keeps thinking ejection shearing.

 

"you be right, I'll be happy"

"you be right, I'll be happy"

 

okay, and agreed.

 

I'm adding one more opinion that it is coin counting machine or coin wrapping machine damage.

 

Sorry Bill but I think it's already been mentioned.
This type of damage must be common for this cent, if I have one and started less then two yrs. ago, how many are out there in the cans of those who have been collecting longer?

 

Did counting machines or machines that roll over the ends exist when I found mine in 1956 to 1959? The 1 on mine touches the horizontal line on the 4 exactly like those pictured. If it is post mint damage, it is hard to believe the damage so identical happened so many times without also other types of damage. I remember seeing this listed as a variety in a coin book soon after I found it.
Ken

 

Roller, counter, ejection...either way the coin is damaged.

 

I have one that was struck on brass. Anyone seen this before?

 

They didn't make them in brass.