ODD 969D Cent Mising a Lot!!

What kind of error would this be classified as??? The 1 is missing in the date as well as IN GOD WE TRUST. The reverse has almost full steps showing.
Thanks,
Ben

 

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My first guess would be a struck through grease. However I don't recall ever seeing only one side struck through? That's my 2 cents.
Did you find this or purchase it?

Happy hunting,

Michael

 

I found this in a roll of wheat cents that I had purchased at a flea market. The roll also had a few repunched mint marks and the rest were AU wheats. The bad part is the guy had 3 more rolls I did not purchase because he said they were all circulated coins his father had collected (he also said that about the roll I bought at $2). This was when you could pick rolls of wheats up foranywhere from $1.25 to 1.75 pretty easy.

 

Struck throu capped die did come to be but I think the date would be harder to read.
IMO I would say that someone had some fun and damaged this one...
Most dealers sell rolls of wheats for $2.00-$2.50.

Speedy

 

Hi,
This is exactly what a struck through grease error looks like. Much of the detail can be missing and whatever was not effected shows up well. It is not unusual for one die to be greasy with the resulting coin only showing the effect on one side. The grease fills the recesses of the die and that is why lettering can be missing.
Have Fun,Bill

 

I would have said the same thing Bill but the head doesn't look like grease filled die to me....
But I know little about errors.

Speedy

 

Hi,
When a coin is struck through a capped die, if what is stuck to the die is a previously struck coin, the later stages look like the coin shown below. There is often some evidence of the lettering and it is usually very fuzzy. It is also fuzzy around Lincoln's head and bust.

On the coin at the beginning of this thread, the "969" is too clear and the IN GOD WE TRUST is gone which is more consistent with a "struck through grease" error.

I can see the resemblance on the 1969 D dated piece to the 1982 as far as the "head" is concerned, but I feel it is a coincidence and not a capped die strike.

Have Fun,
Bill

 

Thanks for the photo....

Speedy

 

I concur. Struck through "grease".

 

Thanks for the info. Are these rare or fairly common? Any Idiea on the value?
Thanks again,
Ben

 

Pretty common and worth only a few dollars.

 

It might not be worth much money but I think its a real neat coin to have and show off to others.

 

Well as long as we are on the subject... how does this look?
I am assuming a grease strike as well?

 

Yes. A grease strike.

 

WOW, that is a nice one Peachy. :thumb:

Charlie

 

Thanks Charlie, it was one of my vending machine finds. Man I am going to miss that job! Now I will have to go to the bank to search for stuff.

Happy hunting,

Michael

 

Looks like it could be a die adjustment strike.

 

That was my first thought, however the reeding is to stong. At least that is my opinion. Plus wouldn't the rim be a bit soft on an adjustment?

Happy hunting,

Michael

 

As far as I know, reeding and the rim have nothing to do with the die adjustment strike. I'm pretty sure the reeding and the rim are done before the strike. I am really not that familiar with SBA's, but the rim is typically made during the upsetting process which happens before striking.

 

Well I'm sure Mike would have thought of that it there was a chance that it was such a thing.....
But in the adjustment strikes I've seen everthing isn't clear....so the date on this seems to take that out for me.
As for the reeding....the ones I've seen have been in slabs so I can't say for sure.

Speedy