Another floating head.

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Is this rare, or common?

 

Maybe you should call it the "OJ Head".

Chris

 

Not rare.. I hate that word

 

Wouldn't this be considered an over-polished die?

Chris

 

That is the tag I put on it.

 

The reason I think it is an over abraded (over polished) die, is the lack of detail in other areas of the face of Lincoln. The bridge of the nose, the cheeks, and other areas also lack detail. A thing that I do find odd, is that I can find no other examples, so far, of this on other 1977 D pennies. I should think that other examples of this should be available.

 

Probably so, but it has not much appeal and not that many people collect these.

 

There were more than four billion of the '77D produced. There are probably others "floating" around (pun intended) in the marketplace. How many people do you think examine every coin they get in change?

Chris

 

Looks like a Lincoln Jack in the box variety. Over polished Die would be my guess.

 

Yep, overpolished die, and this shows up on several if not many different years. There is nothing really special about them even though Coin World made a big deal over the discovery of "floating head" 2019 cents this year. Must have been a very slow news week.