The LIBERYY Cent Enigma

Hi all,
This morning there was once again another Cent with the famous PMD case of the letter T in LIBERTY that looks like a letter Y.
I agree it is definitely damage. But get this.. It has occurred many times. Over the years I have seen and saved images of different examples of this issue. I consider it, an Enigma..
Could they all just be a coincidence? Or maybe some individual or individuals with a weird desire to hit the letter T and put these Cents into circulation to be found?
What are your thoughts?... Or could it be you?

Here are the examples I have seen over the years.
(I had one once but misplaced it )

This last one is the worst of the six.. But you can kind of still see it -

 

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There is an old coot that lives in a lean-to in the backwoods of Tennessee that, when he's not shinin', he's doing this to all of his pennies before returning them to circulation.

 

Start a new sub-forum "Enigma Chat".

 

Why doesn't the same happen to the quarter? Or does it and I just haven't seen it? Are all of the other "T"s protected by the rim or some other raised device? Copper is softer?

 

. Don't you think that's kind of discrimination against the rest of liberty? Shouldn't the rest of the letters in liberty get a chance to double up??

 

“Y” paddy that’s quite the conspiracy theory you got there. Then again are any of these solid gold and copperplated? Stranger things STILL happen.

 

Wow, very cool indeed.


Thanks,
Jacob

 

If random hits were involved, why not ever an arrow appearance? , Arms of the "T" bent downward as they are as easy to bend that direction as up to a "Y". Perhaps a coin accepting device or counter that mainly have right handed rotational mechanisms.

 

Very good, I feel ya.

 

Yeah that's it, Enigma, and conspiracy.

 

While most of them appear genuine hits, the 1966 appears photo shopped.
Look carefully at the cut line above LIBERYY.

 

SO these coins that @paddyman98 posted are Pre-Zinc Lincolns. Copper is the same or just slightly harder than zinc. IF they are done by accidental hits to the T shouldn't there be more of these after the zincolns started with the zinc being softer? Maybe they just fall off the surface, Or maybe they just rot away to never been seen again.

 

Interesting idea.

Still, I cannot help but to think that an arrow would generally require two well-placed hits whereas the Y would need only one, suggesting the former would be much more common than the latter if indeed caused by unintentional circulation damage.

 

Copper is far more malleable than zinc and can be moved around easier. Hardness is different.

 

Hmmmmmmm

 

I think its a person with intention on most but there are some natural hits out there too. It would take a really sharp needle or something to even have a chance at doing it well. Sounds easy until you really look at how tiny the spot is that you would have to hit just right.

 

Another example found today

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1969-d-penny-liberty-spelled-liberyy.353527/#post-4002079

 

Somebody once told me if you had an infinite amount of monkeys with infinite amount of computer parts....one monkey would everntually put the parts together to make a working computer (or something like that). Theres billions of pennies out there so Im starting to think its just chance. I guess one could find just as many "L" or "I" or "the nose" or "the ear" with exact hits. Having said that....have you seen any of those in all your penny finding years?

 

I actually took my little screw driver out when this thread originally posted and tried to see if I could do it....its harder than it seems to pull it off without damaging or leaving a mark on surrounding surfaces. I actually dont think I could do it even if I tried hard. Id have better results in MS Paint...