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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 6665177, member: 105098&quot;]I think a weak strike. the front of lincolns coat is also weak. as well as the base of the bust where some of the highest relief on the obverse is.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my opinion, which isn&#039;t a professional opinion but an opinion of a hobbyist and enthusiast, it&#039;s a weak strike issue and the metal didn&#039;t fill the dies completely cause weakness in the devices from 5 o&#039;clock to 7 o&#039;clock on the obverse, and from 11 o&#039;clock to 1 o&#039;clock on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>How exactly it happened, I can&#039;t say, a slightly tilted hammer die that wasn&#039;t plum and level? or just a lower pressured strike from a voltage irregularity?&nbsp; there&#039;s more than a couple causes of a weak strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>1983 P memorial cents were a train wreck to begin with, you can look at PCGS even the highest grade reds are dogs on there.&nbsp; if you want to make a comparison to what a strong stuck 1983 P would look like for a laugh.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1983-1c-rd/images/3053" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1983-1c-rd/images/3053" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1983-1c-rd/images/3053</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Yours looks like an AU weak strike to me in my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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