Hello all, My brother is helping out his recently widowed neighbor on her late husbands coins. He came across a roll of pennies that contained about fifteen 1958 D pennies that all have this seemingly drip off the bottom of the D. He sent one out to ANACS via a coin show and it came back with no reference on the encasement regarding it. When he inquired they said it was a scratch. I am finding it hard to believe that the identical scratch is on multiple pennies. Any thought or info would be encouraging. is this a Known error?
I would think they meant "Die Scratch". (not a scratch on the coin) It may be that or a Die Dent. Cohen lists a few similar, but not this one.
Looks more like a die chip to me. Die chips are common and really don’t command a premium. Yours may bring a little extra as it’s interesting. Looks more like a P than a D. Welcome to CT.
'similar' https://www.ebay.com/itm/3557041035...H4beU6mFrDNV22vav3KZa2mIE8|tkp:Bk9SR7Cf-PTMZA https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=377013
Could it be a die clash from the wheat stem? Your link shows a couple just like it, but die cracks usually aren't that wide.
It's this. It's no die chip. ANACS got it right. As aforesaid, OP misunderstood, they were saying the die took the scratch. That's why it repeated. Dies don't chip in the fields off letters or numbers, the letters or numbers open up creating the cavity. A mark wouldn't chip like this. A die chip wouldn't open up like this off a mark.
WOW, what a great amount of information and I would like to thank everyone for taking their time to respond. So a Die Scratch it is. That makes perfect sense now. Much better than ANACS just telling him it was a scratch (Good chance he didn’t understand their terminology). Off topic I have my own coin collection as that was the reason my brother reached out to me. Nothing unique, but still some nice coins. Look forward to sharing some out here. Hopefully learning more. Thanks again.
Actually, I'd consider it a die gouge - It's a known piece, but kinda scarce, imo. Nice condition coin. Back in the 60's, it was called the '1958-P' Cent due to the gouge making the D look like a P......