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All Forums Category: US Coins and Currency Forums Forum: US Modern Variety and Error Coins

2021 D Weak Strike Shield Cent

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gorham_collector Valued Member United States 426 Posts	Posted 02/07/2025 7:29 pm Quote: Looks like a nice Greaser to me. Characteristics visually don't add up to being a Greaser. Also the undefined complete design rim not being there is a big pick up point for that of a weakly struck coin. I've added images of a ngc graded 2020 shield cent die adjustment strike. Compare the similar design and no design elements that are showing due to the strike. Similar due to them being weakly struck and causing no design rim. This coin fooled a few of the people who looked at this coin on the bay glad I was able to save it the 2021 d. Report this Post to the Staff
HGK3 Pillar of the Community United States 575 Posts	Posted 02/07/2025 7:38 pm Agree with Gorham that this is a low pressure strike. Weak or absent rims, weakness that is both bifacial and symmetrical are classic signs. Super cool find. Report this Post to the Staff
Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7519 Posts	Posted 02/07/2025 7:53 pm Error-Ref.com Quote: In a weak strike, extent and pattern of weakness will be essentially the same on both faces. Uneven weakness is a hallmark of most grease strikes. And that's exactly what your slabbed image shows.( the fields at lower portions of LIBERTY and E.PLURIBUS UNUM) and the rim is also strike weak but visible and narrow. Edited by Chase007 02/07/2025 8:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34444 Posts	Posted 02/07/2025 8:12 pm Hmm interesting--is the cent a little thinner than normal? (Thus potentially explaining the weak strike.) "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 98310 Posts	Posted 02/07/2025 8:17 pm very nice find Gorham. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
gorham_collector Valued Member United States 426 Posts	Posted 02/07/2025 8:22 pm Quote: . And that's exactly what your slabbed image shows.( the fields at lower portions of LIBERTY and E.PLURIBUS UNUM) The slabbed coin isn't mine. And I see no uneven weakness. If comparing uneven weakness with liberty and epu that wont make sense bc epu isn't even close to liberty where it is weak and missing design so epu cannot be weak at all. There is no uneven weakness on my coin 2021 d on the front and back. I don't quite get your response to the error ref quote. And yes the rim on the graded one is struck ever so slightly on the reverse above states. Also on mine it is like 5% there. Common occurrence on these type of errors that's just how it is. No clue why that's just how it is. Anywho just by looking at the coin one can tell it is not a grease strike. my mind does have a way different perspective at looking at things then others. It's been confirmed by other reputable collectors in the hobby and from reputable known people in the coin hobby on FB that it is weakly struck. Which I knew it was. Reminds me of a 2011 finned rim shield cent I posted here and most were saying it was damage lol when it in fact wasn't (again which I knew it was an error) I got a great deal on the coin too. That coin caused a stir lol. Last image is the weight of the 2011 penny. Edited by gorham_collector 02/07/2025 8:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff
gorham_collector Valued Member United States 426 Posts	Posted 02/07/2025 8:26 pm Quote: . Hmm interesting--is the cent a little thinner than normal? (Thus potentially explaining the weak strike.) It is regular thickness and it weighs 2.54 grams. Report this Post to the Staff
gorham_collector Valued Member United States 426 Posts	Posted 02/07/2025 8:27 pm Quote: . very nice find Gorham. Thanks Dearborn glad I woke up from my nap that day and spotted the coin for what it was. Or someone would've bought it thinking they had a greased coin. Now it's known for it truly is Report this Post to the Staff
coin rejector Pillar of the Community United States 2869 Posts	Posted 02/08/2025 3:04 pm On a Denver coin too, nice! Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 75106 Posts	Posted 02/08/2025 3:25 pm I was wrong, but that's okay. Nice Weak Strike! Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189969 Posts	Posted 02/09/2025 2:02 pm Nice find! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
gorham_collector Valued Member United States 426 Posts	Posted 02/13/2025 4:22 pm Improved Images... Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 75106 Posts	Posted 02/13/2025 4:37 pm Pretty nice error coin. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189969 Posts	Posted 02/13/2025 4:39 pm The images are much sharper! I merged this into the existing topic to keep it together. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Petespockets55 Pillar of the Community United States 5797 Posts	Posted 02/13/2025 7:54 pm Congrats on a great find. And glad to see you back and posting things again. It seems like it's been a while. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups. We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow. Report this Post to the Staff
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