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AMB Pillar of the Community United States 801 Posts	Posted 09/13/2014 12:13 am It's an interesting progression of letters when you look at the LIBERTY. Is this a grease error? Report this Post to the Staff

kurdlezuit Pillar of the Community United States 1034 Posts	Posted 09/13/2014 12:18 am Thats funny I just found one exactly like that yesterday. letters are skinny starting with the "L" but get fatter each letter after. Be curious to see what the experts say. Report this Post to the Staff
AMB Pillar of the Community United States 801 Posts	Posted 09/13/2014 12:47 am Yeah, it's a funny crescendo...that's cool you have one too. Report this Post to the Staff
Copper Penny Connection Valued Member United States 415 Posts	Posted 09/13/2014 02:39 am Sure looks like one, would make sense too if die was greased quickly. More likely to occur near edges. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/13/2014 09:07 am Could be grease but I am leaning towards die abrasion. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Maineman750 Pillar of the Community United States 3592 Posts	Posted 09/13/2014 09:59 am It is caused by abrasion Report this Post to the Staff
Rackster Pillar of the Community United States 4809 Posts	Posted 09/13/2014 10:24 am The abrasion reduces the outer devices more often than the center (informal observation from CRHing). Pretty common. Report this Post to the Staff
Rackster Pillar of the Community United States 4809 Posts	Posted 09/13/2014 10:31 am PS - Check your coin to see if you have a rotated Reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
AMB Pillar of the Community United States 801 Posts	Posted 09/13/2014 12:32 pm Rackster you were right, slight but rotated. Split up/down comparison with pencil as a grid: Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/13/2014 12:34 pm It is from a die that was over polished and the outside edge of the field is reduced, reducing the wider part of the design. If this was a Grease Fill error, the devices would be wider (partial Grease Fill) or completely missing (full Grease Filled Die). I've seen this before on proof dies. Also "IN" is also affected on the motto. https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...__HOR_01.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...hanks_01.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...UNITED_A.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...UNITED_B.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum..._small_1.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
Rackster Pillar of the Community United States 4809 Posts	Posted 09/13/2014 2:24 pm AMB - I was hoping it would be one of the biggies. That one is probably within the mints tolerances for normal. Here are the biggies for that date/mint- 1973-D Lincoln 1 cent 90 degrees N/A R5 1973-D Lincoln 1 cent 100 degrees N/A R5 1973-D* Lincoln 1 cent 105 degrees cw AU R5 1973-D Lincoln 1 cent 120 degrees N/A R5 1973-D Lincoln 1 cent 135 degrees N/A R5 1973-D Lincoln 1 cent 170 degrees N/A R5 Report this Post to the Staff
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