1979 D Lincoln cent

Ok I know this thing is beat to hell and I would like to think I'm getting better at this ! I have asked myself how can the minting process cause this and I have no answer! Also what PMD could cause this and again no answer. So I find myself turning to the experts here. The last 9 is straight as apposed to first 9 having a nice curve ! Thanks in advance !

 

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First of all.. It's a Misaligned Die Strike. That's good.

And.. The last 9 took a hit..
Coin wrapper crimping machine damage.
That's bad.

 

Yah the MAD I found fairly common but could you elaborate on how the machine could straighten out the 9 with no other marks? I know nothing about those machines !

 

We don't know, exactly. But we do know that they do that. It's how they fold the crimp over those rolls. There are a lot of coins damaged on the last digit just like yours from those machines. When you've seen one, you've seen them all.

 

remember also that copper is fairly soft and moves easily....

 

The crimping machine has metal "fingers" (can't think of a better term) that curl underneath the paper wrapper to roll it up. If they hit a letter in LIBERTY or digit in the date, they can push/move the soft copper. If it's set up too deep to curl under the wrapper, you'll see a circular gouge

 

That poor D is getting no love at all. I’ll give it a shout out, HEY FILLED D WHATS SUP?

 

Here, @Newbie69. Your digit was just "kissed" enough to make it blush, lol. But it was barely moved, though moved enough to tell. These will help you remember when you see another cent with a last digit pushed in like that. It can happen on any cent that's sandwiched into rolls by those machines...

 

Just about every 79D is filled D.

 

No love.

 

Is that so! Exactly how many of the 4,139,357,254 have you had the opportunity to check?

Chris

 

874,348,431. 874,348,432. 874,348,433. HANG ON WILL YA I’M STILL COUNTING, SHEESH!

 

89...46...68...32...19...27...55...93...

 

I live right here in Denver, and the majority of 79D are filled.
Let me put it this way, The D had a very shallow post and it was small in diameter, causing it to look like it was filled from the very beginning. Most of the posts broke off by mid die state or before, add some circulation wear to the coin, and walla. You have a filled D. The punch's used to add the MM were old and losing there definition. The 79D below is about mid die state, also I would consider it in au condition. Notice the blob looking D?
Even on the S mm coins (proof) the type 1 S is considered a filled S.
versus the type ll, which was a new punch created for the blob looking S mm.

So, in all rationalization one would not need to look at all the 79D's to come to the conclusion that most are filled.
Let's all do our homework.

 

Great now I lost count thank you. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...........

 

Everybody points out every bump, Die scratch, plating bubble, hair line, rim ding, discoloration, color difference and ANYTHING else they see on coin images so why not mention the filled D? So what if it’s a common error?
Doing home work has nothing to do with commenting on a coins attributes. You might get an A in English though! Lol.
Reed.

 

"walla".........voila
"there".........their

I'm not even going to mention the punctuation that was omitted.

Fire the teacher!

Chris

 

Thank you Chris! I did want to mention that little gaffe (just in time to correct!) but when ever I criticize the crowd wants to burn me at the stake. Reed.

 

Who cares! Heck, they've burned me at the stake so many times that my stock in the match company has skyrocketed.

"gaff"......gaffe
"when ever"......whenever

 

That is a confidence booster for sure, thanks
Reed.