1920 S? Lincoln Wheat Cent - Raised Bar

Yes, it does look like an S.

Well, that feature certainly 'raises the bar', as far as numismatic curiosities go.

Definitely looking forward to more knowledgeable answers. Looks like the bar continues from " n" Cent to "e" in United as well, but lower.

I like this die anomaly. I've never seen it before so a special thanks for taking the time to share it.

Maybe struck through something that damaged the die?
It appears to be similar in length and width to all the upright parts of the Rev letters of ONE CENT.

Maybe a dropped letter of hardened mint grease and debris from one of those letters that damaged the die?

It appears to be raised to me, so I don't think it could be a strike through. I almost looks like the letter 'E' was imprinted crooked on to the die. As Coop suggests, I too, wonder if there are more out there like that.

Thanks for all the great comments! Still unsure what it is, but seems worth posting and pondering. As far as what sort of kinda looks like an E middle crossbar on the raised area, I doubt it. But after waggling the thing all around in the light, there is one angle that does make that look at least a little raised. The surfaces of the coin just seem to make things easier to see from a distance as once you start getting close it all goes to blur.

Yeah, it look s a lot like that to me as well, but just not enough detail to really say what's what for sure.

I should have worded it a little better and I should have put more emphasis on the die damage.

I thought there may have been die damage if a previous coin had a strikethrough of dropped letter or lamination from the areas Rob0411 has done the overlay on.

Occam's Razor-
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search...r+definition

So it seems a lamination from this area with the N or E wouldn't be likely.

If you like Dilbert. This explanation might help?
(ps. I'm not picking on science because it is critical to our survival, but I guess this is picking on humans. LOL)