Wow! Check out this BU 1960-D Date.

I am still going through the BU lot of 1960's coins and I have never seen a date that looked like this. There is no damage on the obverse or reverse.

Any ideas?

 

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Struck through. Note the depressed area around and "under" the date.

 

I'm gonna say struck thru a grease and debris glob.


edit: to add, you can see it trying to flow outward above the date between the '6' and '0'

 

I disagree! It looks like the numbers were scraped by something. The segments that are separated don't appear to align properly. That shouldn't happen with a strikethrough.

Chris

 

I agree. PMD, no value.

 

Two members say struck thru and two much more knowledgeable members say damaged. Perhaps one of them would tell all of us how the "damage" left the surfaces pristine and did not destroy all of the "9" or "6".

 

I have several 60's like this. Yours appears to be a rpm

 

@SF11Dude It would be much better if you click full size image, for verification. Then we don't have to save the image to enlarge. As far as my opinion I think the full size pic is deceiving as to the direction of the missing area of the nine, But, shows the six to look normal, I am thinking that it is struck through.
That's a nicely toned Cent you got there.

 

So I found it, I new I had read about this somewhere. And couldn't quite tell from the images, But I believe this is what it is.
http://www.error-ref.com/grease-mold-doubling/

 

No.

 

For some reason I missed the 1995 to 99. The digits on the op's coin seem distorted and partially missing. I should have my two cups of coffee before posting that link.

 

BooksB4Coins, posted: "No."

Without giving a reason for his opinion. That has to be one of the shortest replies you've ever made.

We disagree on this one. Note that the members in the struck through group have all given reasons for their opinion. Note also that the members who have disagreed have not given any reason to back up their opinions. Let's see something please! Otherwise, all you are posting is "cool air" taking up space on a Basic Coin Error 101 thread!

 

Pickin's link strikes me as a good explanation of Amos' avatar (and he understood the point), but not of the OP example. My assumption would be stuck through as well, but what and why I do not know. Better?

Now, please do enlighten me, ole wise one...

 

BooksB4Coins, posted: "My assumption would be stuck through as well, but what and why I do not know. Better?"

Yes, much better. It is a struck through. How did this thread get into discussing avatars?

 

Amos, man... Amos! Perhaps I should've looked him up before opening my big mouth, but if memory serves me, his avatar is an example of Pickin's link. That's how.

And you still didn't enlighten me/us as to exactly what material/substance this may/could have been struck through....


Edit:

Amos... https://www.cointalk.com/members/amos-811.73711/

 

It is impossible to tell on this coin as there is nothing left in the depression. That's possibly why no one cares what got between the planchet and die when the surface is irregular. Grease is the commonly suspected culprit. In cases where an object (staple, etc.) made the depression, everyone cares. In some cases, sawdust struck-thru's are still embedded into the coin so we know what made those. When the sawdust is removed a flake-like outline (often with a wood-grained surface) remains. In other cases (seen on Franklin and Washington coins) a clear gel containing microscopic debris that "imitates" this type of error is found next to the rims but this is not from a struck thru as the gel can be removed and the underlying surface is unaffected.

 

Excellent... I knew you could do it!