What's "strange" about it? Can you be more descriptive ? above from usacoinbook.com a good place to look at for comparison if you are unfamiliar with stuff. https://www.usacoinbook.com/coins/547/small-cents/lincoln-memorial-cent/1979-P/
@Gus-gus It looks normal to me, too, but you have to keep in mind that the copper in pennies can be moved around very easily. An "0" can end up looking like a "D"; a "1" can look like a "/"; an "8" can become a "3", etc. We even get examples of a "T" taking a hit from the top to look like a "Y"....LIBERYY or TRUSY. Chris
The odd thing I see is the horizontal or top of the number looks lower and has a slight separation from the upward stroke.
don't use your photos for any of your own analysis. Since they are not from directly above you get some distortion due to the wide angle lens and side angle. I'm talking the direct location of the camera lens to the coin, not the camera to the coin. Watch where your camera lens is, then if done properly the coin should be exactly in the middle of the photo before cropping (which you need to do too).
Even if there is a slight variation in the way a device looks that doesn't necessarily mean the coin has additional value. Billions of these coins are struck every year. There is going to be variation in that process from coin to coin based on a multitude of factors. Every single car that comes off of an assembly line is not a 100% perfect specimen, every Twinkie that is squirted out of a Twinkie machine doesn't look exactly like the prototype, neither does a coin. You have to consider things like die deterioration, crap in the die, varying strike pressure, variations in planchets, tired operators, leaky hydraulics, temperature, humidity, etc.. etc.. etc... Don't expect every coin to be perfect. It's only the really major and VISIBLE errors that are worth something.
I see what you mean about the slight separation, but all it is is a hit the coin took. The hit pushed metal down between the two sections, so it's just post-mint damage.
