On the reverse, left wheat stem below the A. Seems to be partly under the stem, indicating it happened at the mint? The outermost corner (toward the rim) can be seen poking out of the field adjacent to head on the obverse just below the right side of the D in god.
This is what is interesting, it is in the field of the cent but doesn't erase what is underneath.:rollling:
Thanks everyone. Here is a closer look at that other spot (sorta looks like an S from some angles), and the obverse. I am quality photo challenged - these are scans. Where can I get a scanning electron microscope for cheap? Failing that, what do you all recommend?
If its a scanner, can you change the dots per inch (dpi) in manual settings that should for clearer photos.
This one maxes out at 1200. The one at the office does 4800. I confess that I have now sinned and warshed this coin with MEK and a cloth. Now I can see a raised line of stuff between those marks. Have a gander at this. That stuff is under the wheat, and might be letter edges.
I am still trying to melt this hunk of copper with scanner rays ... You can see the raised line of stuff in these edge views - sorta. There also seems to be some raised blemish areas near the top in the vicinity of the E to the O in ONE. This stuff in under the wheat. How does that happen? At this point I am not convinced it could be PMD. What error is this named?
It is def. a struck through. A person can see that by the L or may I say Lack of an L in PLURIBUS. I have thought about this cent, It looks as though a piece popped out at the base of the stem; and then kinda oozed its way to the side of the leaf/stem. The mark at the base is indented, the mark by the leaf is raised. I would consider this type of ordeal to be a really strange retained cud, STG (struck through grease) and age deterioration.
I would say it appears to be a minor struck-through foreign object. I don't think it is a dropped letter. Keep up the hunt!
