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Message:: [QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 819123, member: 16510"]It is not, I admit it does look somewhat like a "D" but  It is not, I admit it does look somewhat like a "D" but if you understand the minting process the logic is not there.First, it's "P" mint coin so no "D" punch was near it, (the die).Second it's way too big for the normally used "D" on these year cents.Third, just because you think you see no erosion it is there and that's the answer as you already have been informed - the erosion is under the copper plating.  This is the first "full" year of copper coated zinc cents.  They still were working on problems with the copper coating adhering to the zinc core.Forth, the image (if you think it's a dropped letter) is way to big for any device found on any Lincoln cent. As I have said many times on CoinTalk we do not just make determinations based on what we see or think we see or don't think.  We make them with a knowledge of the minting process first, and then see if it could be possible, not the other way around.  It must fit some portion (or problem with) minting procedures.  If it does not it is most likley not possible and therefore cannot be explained - if then it cannot be expained it is not reality.We see hundreds and thousands of unusal things on Lincoln Cents but we don't, at that point jump to a conclusion - the conclusion needs to proved.[/QUOTE]