Are the markings in Liberty die chips or solder of some sort,or can we rly tell? The worn down die pattern also makes it look like abe has an eye on the side of his head,lol
"worn down die pattern" ? do not forget to add to your calculations "circulation wear and tear". In this case up to nearly 76 years of it. During those 76 years you, yourself, cannot account for those 76 years of how light or heavy of circulation wear or damage during that time frame. That becomes a critical aspect of determining if a coin is damaged, worn down and what not. One of the jobs of the US Mint distribution etc is to replace damaged and worn out coins (BEP for paper money). So generally, a lot of the worse off stuff gets destroyed/replaced.
Yea,i probably should have said wear and tear,that's what I ment anyways,the pattern on the coin itself was worn down,not the die. My b. First steel cent tho,was cool to find.
You might find some old-timers who will say that it is a "Plugged R" instead of calling it a "Filled R". Both mean the same thing. The center post on the die that forms the center of a letter or number has broken away. Chris
You have a later stage of 43s-6EL+1. It's listed in page "V" in the BIE Handbook. It is not listed on Broken Die Errors/Cuds-on-Coins. If you want to get it listed follow the link below. http://cuds-on-coins.com/attributions-guide-on-what-to-do/
