1955 Cent Error, Missing 5

1955 Lincoln Cent which is clearly missing the last 5. You can see a faint image of 5 where it should be.
It's also missing the "ST" in Trust. And the "I" in LIBERTY is poorly struck and curved at the bottom similar to a J.
The pictures are not very good but the best I can get right now.
I have looked at this under a 10X loop and the surface is flat with just a shadow image of where the last 5 should be. With the ST also missing I have some ideas of how this might have happened but not sure. I cannot find any other errors of this type for this year and mint.
Can anyone give me some help on this?

 

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It appears to be a grease-filled die. It's fairly common for Lincoln's because it doesn't take much to fill the small letters or numbers on the die.

Cool!

Chris

 

Thanks for the help. I know little to nothing about "errors" so I appreciate the response.

 

Agreed Grease filled die.Still they are very neat,I collect them.

 

Yep grease filled die

 

Is this the same coin in both pics? The top looks like 1955 and the bottom looks like a 1957. Maybe its the lighting...

 

Same coin in both pics. I don't have the equipment to get much better than that.

 

Same coin in both pictures.