1941 P Wheat Penny - Off Center, Missing L Error

Is this 1941 P Wheat Penny worth much? It's off center by maybe only 10% and the L is pretty faded or missing altogether - maybe something clogged up the die on the L? I don't think it's die deterioration since all the other letters and devices would have similar results.

Thanks in advance!

 

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I'd have to see the other side, but I'd be more inclined to say it was struck without a collar.

 

Here's the reverse:

 

Would struck without a collar also be called "broad struck" ? Or is that something different?

Anyhow - Nice find OP

 

Thanks! I'm trying to figure out how much it's worth but that info alludes me.

And, yes, I think broadstrike is the right term.

 

A Broadstrike or Broadstuck coin is a blank that was struck without a firmly seated collar. The result is the out spreading but showing all design details.

So yes, you have a broadstruck coin. A BU goes for about $20.00 retail. You're not going to retire on this baby but it is a nice example.

 

I'm guessing maybe $5-$10 for this condition at a maximum. But, I'm not sure what the missing/weak "L" in LIBERTY adds to the coin... nothing?

 

Certainly a very nice example. Nice coin!

 

Awesome find, not worth selling, unless you want to sell to me, then we can talk offline I'd say it's worth $5-10 but I would keep that as an awesome talking piece.

 

nice!!!!

 

That's a real nice one. Before you go off letting it go at $5-10 give a little thought to how many 1941 cents you think are like this. There are probably more SVDBs than there are these.

 

Great find!

 

send it in. send it in then you'll have a real nice one. Very good point about how many of these are out there---

 

Yeah, it's really nothing. Do you see the first S in STATES? This L shows a faint shadow of it, too. Normally, we'd call that a grease-filled letter. They periodically grease these dies to keep them from eroding much like we use skin cream to retard wrinkles and sometimes the grease settles in a letter or a device and the impression is that much compromised for it. Here, this coin was ajar from its collar when it was struck, and it may have been on a slight angle, too. That L-side may have been sitting down a little too low to take the full force of the strike, and that may be a contributing factor to the weakness of it. But, I don't know, I wasn't there, then. Or, here. Or, hell, anywhere in 1941, for that matter.

 

I have a 1941 that is missing an “I” or it is extremely faint and the “L” looks like an “I” looks like:

IIBERTY

 

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