I'm a newbie to this however I found a 1941 and 1939 wheat penny and I think it's an error that wasn't caused by any type of PMD. What do you all think?
I only thing that I don't understand lib in Liberty is off center. What would cause that type of damage to a coin?
Not sure what you are talking about. Looks find to me. Worn from circulation perhaps, but not an error.
The movement of Liberty is due to die deterioration doubling. As a die is used past its normal # of strikes, the devices ( letters, numbers, etc.) start to move towards the perimeter. Similar to what the head of a steel spike would do if you hit it with a heavy hammer 100,000+ times. Jim
That looks like die deterioration, but it doesn't make any difference anyway when the rest is PMD. Chris
Liberty was lined up when the coin was minted. If it wasn't, every coin that came from that die would have that same misaligned Liberty 100,000 or more. They check and test the dies before they put them into use. Most times if a coin looks damaged, it's damaged. Coins get hit and raised elements on them get moved around