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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;i2i, post: 3459279, member: 102748&quot;]You got it!</p><p><a href="http://www.error-ref.com/1956-d_lincoln_cent_with_partial_5_digit/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/1956-d_lincoln_cent_with_partial_5_digit/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/1956-d_lincoln_cent_with_partial_5_digit/</a></p><p>&quot;</p><p><font size="6"><b>With Partial 5 Digit</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>PART II. Die Varieties:</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Repunched Date:</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>1956-D Lincoln cent with repunched 5 (controversial)</b></font></p><p>Definition: A repunched date is produced when a numeral (or several numerals) is punched more than once into a working die, with movement of the punch or die between impacts.&nbsp; On the coin, this results in two overlapping numbers of the same type.&nbsp; A repunched date always involves the same numerals.&nbsp; If different numerals are involved, then we call it an overdate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Repunched dates should not be confused with <a href="http://www.error-ref.com/doubled-dies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/doubled-dies/" rel="nofollow">doubled dies</a>, re-engraved dates, or <a href="http://www.error-ref.com/3613-2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/3613-2/" rel="nofollow">misplaced dates</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>For U.S. coins, the era of repunched dates ended in 1908.&nbsp; Beginning in 1909, the date was placed on the master hub or the master die.&nbsp; As a result, any claims of repunched dates later than 1908 must be greeted with extreme skepticism.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.error-ref.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/57506773.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 1956-D Lincoln cent pictured above is believed by some to have a partially tilted, extra 5 beneath the normal 5.&nbsp; Those who suspect this is a repunched date argue that it is a fouled-up master die was re-used as a working die.&nbsp; While this is possible, it seems unlikely.&nbsp; The horizontal bar seems unaccountably thin, while the vertical bar terminates abruptly and has an unexplained dimple at its base.&nbsp; Skeptics argue that this is a simulacrum produced by two accidental die gouges or die dents.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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