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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Thorpeuser, post: 2159910, member: 45066&quot;]A resent post asked about the apparent residual or image on some 1909 VBD Lincoln wheat cents that is barely visible and in some cases a ghost image.&nbsp; I have one of these.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some research into this issue is very interesting and maybe not known to some collectors.&nbsp; The website encasedcollectorsinternational ahead some light on this.&nbsp; </p><p><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p><b><u>Filled dies</u>: The Mint factory has its share of dirt, grease and other lubricants, and metal filings. The recessed areas of the dies sometimes fill up with a combination of this foreign material, preventing the metal of the coins from flowing into the incused areas. This results in weak designs or missing design details. The filled-die coin is one of the two most common types of errors. Filled-die coins are a form of struck-through error.&nbsp; Struck-through errors occur when foreign objects fall between die and planchet during striking.&nbsp; Pieces of cloth, metal fragments, wire, slivers of reeding, grease, oil, dirt, wire bristles (from wire brushes used to clean dies, resembling staples), die covers and other objects may fall between the dies and the coin. The most collectible struck-through errors are those with the foreign object still embedded in the surface of the coin.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>As said, I have one such 1909 VDBS coin,&nbsp; from a straight on view you can only make out some type of marks.&nbsp; But from a side view the image appears.&nbsp; I promise that this is not photo shop or a modified photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am starting this conversation to see if others can share their similar coins with the same filled die error.&nbsp; This should become an interesting topic.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]415788[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]415789[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]415790[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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