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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 278094, member: 66&quot;]It is also weakness of strike.&nbsp; With the die sinking the dies were now further apart in that area and the metal had more trouble flowing into and filling the dies there, especailly when combined with it being opposite the high relief bust of Liberty.&nbsp; (the relief was higher than normal on the bust on this variety as well.&nbsp; Even&nbsp; high grade specimens have weak ONE CENT, at least on late die state coins.&nbsp; Lot 39 in the Jack Robinson sale was a choice VF-25 Die State III piece described as well centred and well struck and it was showing a fair amount of weakness in the central reverse with part of the N fading out.&nbsp; And the S-24 comes in three even later die states.&nbsp; According to Breen in Die state VI, ONE CENT is often gone even on high grade coins. The coin here appears to be either a die state V or VI.&nbsp; I&#039;m thinking V becaiuse the die flaws below and the the right of the fraction are weak.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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