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NoPoMoCo Valued Member United States 403 Posts	Posted 03/02/2016 10:51 pm Hi folks, rookie here. Is the mintmark on this Lincoln Penny simply filled/clogged or is more going on? Are these common? Thanks in advance! Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/02/2016 11:18 pm Part of the post that forms the inside of the mint mark has broken away from the die. Now the center is not rounded any longer and eventually breaks off and leaves the cent completely un formed. Some call this a clogged die, but the opposite is true. There is nothing there that forms the center of the mint mark. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinMasters Pillar of the Community United States 5964 Posts	Posted 03/02/2016 11:48 pm A lot of people call it a "filled D". It is definitely a partial break on the post. Report this Post to the Staff
NoPoMoCo Valued Member United States 403 Posts	Posted 03/03/2016 3:48 pm Thanks Coop and CM for your explanations. I think I understand now: the die feature that presses on the copper and forms the inside of the D would be relatively small and vulnerable to breakage as the die aged. When it partially broke the copper filled that spot on subsequent coins, resulting in the "filled D"... neat! Edited by NoPoMoCo 03/03/2016 4:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
OcalaFlorida Pillar of the Community United States 2824 Posts	Posted 03/03/2016 7:55 pm that's a neat looking one Report this Post to the Staff
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