1968 D lincoln cent dropped element?

Thank you for the pictures, I appreciate it, they'll work. The size and shape are very similar, drops have dark areas and this "anomaly" is dark, new errors are discovered all the time, ergo, you got it. If that's your rationale, here's what you want to read: https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/die-fill-responsible-for-errors-seldom-found.html.

This is PMD, there's no question about it, now. Let me just end with this on your dark area. Those areas occur from the part of the dislodged grease chip that retained its shape when they struck the planchet. In the link provided, that would be the entire B, right at the beginning of the link. So much for the dark areas in your anomaly. They neither mimic the shape nor the size of the dropped device. Rather, that's just a dark area. Ergo, this anolomy is but corroded PMD. Get a second opinion if you can't deal with it, there's your next move.

 

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The key as I see it to prove that you have a dropped filling/element, you need to establish what device/design element you believe it is from. Then you need to be able to overlay that portion of the design element on the subject area. I personally don't see a design element for your anomaly to mimic. I also believe that I can make out from your earlier photos that material is displaced. This would not be the case if this occurred during the coining process. The field would be flat around the incuse mark. Displacement suggests spread of material post the minting process. And the shape, which looks like a rhombus, is something a nail tip would leave. Your pictures would need to be a click or two better (for the affected area) to tell more (from my perspective).

 

What do you think members have been telling you!!!!

Unbelievable! Send it in for authentication along with your bisecting cracked die/subsided die from the other post.

 

Because it looks nothing like a dropped element. Like this coin does, which is not mine.

Notice the D in INDEPENDENCE.

 

let me be blunt and to the point ok

you have post mint damage nothing else nothing more, just a common damaged penny, no error, nothing special, just worth 1 cent

 

I can except all those comments. Thanks guys.

 

From this forum, I learned what a dropped element is. But can you explain what is meant by "retained or not"? I don't know what that means. Thanks.

Question: Why black/dark? Is it from the metal debris that was dislodged? Thanks. Also, the result, whether black/dark or otherwise is always incused, right?

 

See this, Jeff; it'll explain better than I could: https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/die-fill-responsible-for-errors-seldom-found.html.

 

If the dropped element remains embedded in the coin, it is "retained". Take a look at my earlier examples from the 1980 Lincoln cents. You can see some of the debris still embedded in the coin. In some instances, it has fallen out.

 

Thank you... I wasn't sure if "retained" meant if the dropped element was embedded in the coin, or remained on the die (if that's even possible).

 

Retained pertains to the specimen. Sometimes it’s a delamination, a foreign object, or the impacted ‘grease’. Most objects struck through are not retained but when they are, value notches up.