I was recently going through my change and I ran across these two 1962 Penny's. On one of them, I noticed that the letters and date looked more bold or either wider than the other one. I was wondering if this was considered an error. Thanks. Just Asking.
As above. The lettering and numbers on this coin are raised, so the die area for them must be incluse ( indented ). So that the die can strike the coin and be raised off of it quickly in the minting process, the walls of the incluse area making the lettering and date can't be perfectly vertical or even close to it , or there would be coins stuck onto the die in greater numbers. So the walls are narrower at the bottom of the die portion ( making the top of the date on the coin) and wider at the top of the same incluse die part ( bottom of the date on the coin .__/\__.). So when this portion ( top of letter or number) wears, the date and lettering appears to get larger at the top as it wears down to the field of the coin( base). Welcome to the Forum! Jim
