New discovery, no lower jaw. Just got back from James Wiles of Coneca.

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Can we see some type of attribution notice from James Wiles?

BTW.. You can clearly see the Lower Jaw (Mandible)
What is missing is the Maxilla or the area above the jaw

 

He actually said lower jaw has been abraded away.

 

It called an Over Polished Die issue.
Looks neat and I have seen a few examples of that Cent.
But that is still a visible Mandible. That is the lower jaw.
He made a mistake then.

 

The man is a numismatist, NOT at doctor!

 

Interesting but funny looking error.
It has nothing to do with a Die being Over Polished as stated previously.
It should come under Severe Die Wear, Design-Devouring Die Wear.
http://www.error-ref.com/design-devouring-die-wear/

 

I seems to me that only part of the Mandibile has been abraded away.
The Alveolar Process and Sublingual Fossa down to the Mylohyoid Line seem to be missing, but the Mental Protuberance up to and including the Mental Foramen seem to be intact. The bottom lip is missing, the top lip seem to be in place.

 

Yes I agree.

 

I think he forgot to put his teeth in.....most probably still in a glass of water in the bath room.
Sweet find.

 

When you went to the movies you could get raisinettes, lemonheads,...
and maybe jawbreakers... looks like a case of "tongue in cheek"...
The dies ate up his new set of teeth...weak polident...

 

http://www.error-ref.com/thinning-and-loss-of-design-elements/

 

Awesome reply! Thanks

 

This is caused by over abrading the die.

From Error-ref.com..
What's the difference? Really I want to know

 

So you did a autopsy on poor ole Lincoln . In your other post you said it has nothing to do with a die being over polished and in this post you mention it has been abraided away. Abraided is a term used to describe a ground and polished die. The most common reason the dies are abraided is to remove die clash marks. The deeper the clash marks is determines how much of the die that has to be abraided away. I absolutely love the awesome 2005P bison nickels that have the super wide detached leg bison's. I also have a few of the coins with the strong clashed die marks before the dies were abraided. So the mint workers created another nice variety by heavily abraiding this die pair.

 

Was it @Insider who said a more accurate description is die cleaning? So as not to be confused with polishing which is done before striking proofs.

 

Nope.

 

Sorry, read it recently on here or Vamworld

 

Polishing as an action preformed to Remove Scratches from the surface of an object.
To make shiny or smooth.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polishing

Abrading is an action that makes a surface rough.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abrade#English

Abrading and Polishing are really opposite actions.

 

Yes I agree Abrading and polishing are opposite actions but if a die is abraided it then needs to be polished. Most of the time the polishing will still leave some abraided marks.

 

I thought it had been over polish also. Thanks