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I am uploading the obverse and a blowup of the area I have a question about. I have approximately 15 1941 wheat pennies that I have looked at. This coin, the 1 in the 41 is not straight and smooth. First question, is this a 1941 Wheat penny? If not, what year could it be? If it is, why is the 1 so tilted? I have not found a similar digit in searching this forum and others. I would love points of view on how this could happen to a digit or a point to a similar post? Hopefully, the group finds this as interesting as I have.   Edited by kywhisky13
04/10/2024 8:47 pm
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It's a 1941 S, but one that has suffered mechanical damage. We often attribute this to the mechanism in gumball machines as it only affects the last digit of the date and the letter L of LIBERTY, but it could be from something else.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yes. Post-strike damage, in this case very likely caused by an 'old school' mechanical coin vending mechanism. We see these periodically on the forum.
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Edited by Dearborn
04/10/2024 9:22 pm
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kywhisky13, We see that a lot here on CCF. PMD. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Spence calls it.  to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good eye to notice that - I've found a few while roll searching.
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to the CCF and  |
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"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
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To be fair, I would not have thought to add gumball to my search. I was skeptical that one small area of a coin could be damaged this way. Experience does matter when trying to find the right keywords. Who gets credit for identifying the gumball damage so accurately? That is a great find. I may add gumball to all my searches going forward.  thanks all |
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Who gets credit for identifying the gumball damage so accurately? Good question. Maybe @coop? "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
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I think I may change my community name to gumballrally  thanks kyw |
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Posted 04/10/2024 8:51 pm
