Well hello, long lost friends and all the new people! I have not been on for SOME time. I stopped collecting coins when I stopped working retail (college jobs). I run a computer repair business now. I have found some interesting coins, but here's one for now: It's a 1992 1 cent, USA. I believe there's a strikethrough, under microscope it's certainly protruding from the flat area behind Lincoln's head, pointed 20* upwards, does NOT go over Lincoln's hair, and then reappears above Lincoln's head, below the E in "WE". There is also a small line segment, 90* from the line, on his forehead. Is this a documented error, or just random? Any value? I'm afraid I no longer collect coins, but my eyes for spotting errors have gone nowhere. Pictures later this evening.
A strikethrough, by its very definition, is random. Most often, strikethroughs are just grease left on the die. However, when the strike is through string, rope, cloth, staple, pins, a bolt, a wire brush, or something even more exotic, the price will increase according to "cool factor." If the thing which is struck through is still embedded in the surface of the coin, this cool factor increases exponentially. One of the coolest I ever saw was a Walker struck with embedded staple. That puppy went for a bundle. Your Lincoln cent, however, is probably worth about a cent.
