Found this in my pocket change yesterday. She’s a greaser from the looks of it on the reverse, not much of the E & S in the word "States" and almost none of the "Of" is visible. Interesting note-under close examination there are cracks on the tops of some of the letters on the reverse as well. Above the S and T, for example. The crack exposes the zinc inner core. Lousy pennies because of the materials they made them out of. Nothing beats the full copper pennies. Also it just may be my imagination, but the last 1 in the date looks a tad slightly higher than the first 1. Glad I found this forum and learned what a greaser is and that the zinc pennies aren’t built well. If not I would have thought I found a treasure
Agree with @tommyc03, doesn't look like a greaser to me. Here is an example of some that I pulled from rolls awhile ago:
The 1991-D cent has rim damage, and the weakness on the top of the reverse is due to the Bust of Lincoln being opposite it - not struck thru grease, etc. - just a slightly weak, but very common, strike.
I'm surprised. I thought for sure that some grease on the end of the word "States" and over the area where the "Of" prevented the strike in those areas. How I understood it, if there is any standing grease on the coin during the pressing process, as we know, fluid can't be compressed so this would prevent the details being struck on the coin in the area(s) where there is grease. So am I incorrect in my understanding of what a "greaser" is? That's what I thought one was.
That's the most common area on the reverse of a Lincoln cent to show weakness - it's directly opposite of the deep part of the die where his shoulder is. The four coins above are nice examples of 'struck thru grease' or other machinery oil. Although similar to the OP's coin, compare and contrast.
Does a "greaser" have to be most of the coin weak or absent or could a "greaser" include details missing in just some areas?
All the gunk and grease fills in the design elements on the die which results in the missing/weak areas.
Another clue that this is a weak strike is in the lack of a well defined rim. On the greaser specimens by furry, you see a well defined rim with missing details.