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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikediamond, post: 36200, member: 1859&quot;]The viscous fluid was on both faces, affecting areas of the design and the field.&nbsp; It can be rather patchy in its distribution.&nbsp; These sorts of strike-through errors are extremely common on zinc cents.&nbsp; In most cases, the extent of the affected area is modest.&nbsp; In extreme cases much of the design on one or both faces can be obliterated.&nbsp; The most commonly affected areas are the top of Lincoln&#039;s head and the base of his bust.&nbsp; It always looks flattened and always has that streaky appearance.&nbsp; But almost any area can be affected.&nbsp; It is helpful to understand that dies can be filled by a variety of materials, some coarse and some smooth.&nbsp; For reasons I don&#039;t quite understand, zinc cents are frequently coated and filled by this smooth fluid, which I suspect is oil.&nbsp; If you take a large sample of uncirculated or minimally circulated zinc cents, you will undoubtedly find similar-looking specimens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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