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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Thorpeuser, post: 2161212, member: 45066&quot;]There is good information about this type of die error that is on the internet.&nbsp; One such site is:</p><p><i><a href="http://www.encasedcollectorsinternational.org/.../coin_errors_and_goofs.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.encasedcollectorsinternational.org/.../coin_errors_and_goofs.htm" rel="nofollow">www.encasedcollectorsinternational.org/.../coin_errors_and_goofs.htm</a></i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><u>Struck-through errors</u>: Struck-through errors occur when foreign objects fall between die and planchet during striking.</b></p><p><b><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/images/NewCollector/errors/e-struckthru.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/images/NewCollector/errors/e-struckthru.gif" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.encasedcollectorsinternational.org/archives/images%2001/e-struckthru-s.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;Struck-through</b></p><p><b>(wire bristle)</b></p><p><b>Pieces of cloth, metal fragments, wire, slivers of reeding, grease, oil, dirt, wire bristles (from wire brushes used to clean dies, resembling staples), die covers and other objects may fall between the dies and the coin. The most collectible struck-through errors are those with the foreign object still embedded in the surface of the coin.</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Not sure what caused the line though the UNUM but it could be a metal fragment or sliver caught between he dies.&nbsp; Not sure of any value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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