I am guessing this is a 1959 because the reverse has no wheat....Just wondering what happened to the nine??
Looks like a Strike Through on the date. That's why the 9 cannot be seen. And yes it has to be a 9.. First year of memorial Cent.
You think so Kurt? If you look at it real close, it looks like there are shapes / numbers where the 9 should be...??....
Yeah, I see that, but the bright shiny spot below where the 9 should be just bugs me a lot. The lack of an ability to "rock and rotate" is what causes me to emphasize the word "guess". I'm really becoming disenchanted with numismatics by photo. My new place is a story of four "museums". One for family history, one for computer gear history, one for photo gear, and one for coins. And while all have tenuous connections to one another, I've never been happy with this particular combination.
Could be a strike through but a well rounded punch could have also done this. A fool and his tools will soon visit any one of us at any given time.
Yes, yes, if done ham-fistedly. But if someone used this piece to hone his "craft", well... this might have been an especially good effort. Does not the shiny spot near the rim below the date bother you?
the shiny spot is due to the angle of reflection of the light, much like the shiny spot on Abe's neck. To me this looks like a struck through error, interesting but not much added value
I must dissent. There are changes in the angles of the metal in Abe's neck, but the field near the rim is supposed to be planar. Why just a tiny spot with nothing anywhere else near it? I think you're wrong.
I’m looking at a shinny spot with an area above with what looks like mottling and a surface that doesn’t match the surrounding area. Could be strike thru or could be the work of Dr. Whizzer but the pictures are inconclusive and as V. Kurt Bellman just stated
I always thought that a "strikethrough" and "missing a letter or number as the result of a grease-filled die" are two different things. Chris
Strikethrough grease and grease filled die present themselves after striking the same way I do believe. ( I Think it’s the same thing just different way to describe the same thing )
You want to re image that for us again, more detail is needed. Higher resolution and magnification. Also more lights and different light levels. I’ll look again if ya want. It does look like a grease strike thru to me but..... can’t tell
What about "struck through wire" or "struck through fabric"? Are these strikethroughs the same as a grease-filled die? Chris
No the two thread striketroughs I have look like you would think an imprint of the tread into the surface. From what I’ve experienced grease strikethroughs tend to wipe out the features below leaving devices and lettering from smooth flat to almost as intended. Some are often mistaken for broad strikes I’ve read.
