It's my guess that it is a die break. It's very common for the metal post that forms the center of a letter or number to break off and allow metal to flow into the void. I don't think there isn't a single denomination that hasn't had this occur at one time or another. Chris
Chris, Thanks for that info...I've seen these referred to GFDs but often wondered how that was. A broken or chipped die makes more sense to me though...I have a couple of LWC where the "B" in LIBERTY looks like this as well (the upper loop of the B is mostly filled in) someone told me was a GFD, but again a chipped or broken die makes more sense...the little metal post braking off makes more sense to me...
