Missing Date And Some Lettering On This 20 Something Penny

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SadiesAngel Valued Member United States 184 Posts	Posted 08/17/2015 01:41 am Hi again I have this penny here with missing 2 digits on the date. The "S" in trust and the "D" mint mark are very faint. The "T" in trust I'm not sure how well it can be seen, but the "T" is missing the bottom I believe, I'm thinkings whats on the bottome of the T may be some sort of a dirt mark. The best I can see it looks as though the bottom of the "T" is missing. The coin is a little dirty so I'm having a hard time making out the letter T. Is this caused by Grease Filled Die or maybe a wear and tear sort of thing? This is the third one I came by that was missing a letter or date. Does this happen often, and would be considered an error coin? I know lots of questions, sorry about that Report this Post to the Staff

cwb Pillar of the Community United States 3463 Posts	Posted 08/17/2015 02:08 am Check out this link: http://www.lincolncentsonline.com/filleddie.html Report this Post to the Staff
SadiesAngel Valued Member United States 184 Posts	Posted 08/17/2015 02:29 am Thank you cwb for the link. Its fascinating looking at all the others as well as seeing all the different types of errors. So the missing letters or numbers it's considered a error coin? I know I'm going to sound stupid here, But does this happens because of the grease filling? Is it possible something else could cause it? Report this Post to the Staff
cwb Pillar of the Community United States 3463 Posts	Posted 08/17/2015 10:28 am It is an error, but not a valuable one. They are called filled die errors because the die will become filled with grease, dirt, or some other grime and cause that portion on the design to be missing from the coin. I don't know of anything else that would cause this other than something filling the die. Over polishing a die can cause some features to be missing as well, but usually to a different extent. This 1974 shows the results of an over polished die. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 08/17/2015 11:16 am Here is a closer view of a coin from the same die posted a few months back: Report this Post to the Staff
SadiesAngel Valued Member United States 184 Posts	Posted 08/17/2015 11:59 am Thank you Cwb and Coop. Wow you can see see the difference with the neck and face. In the future I'll have to watch better for that. So interesting.... Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 08/17/2015 3:48 pm There is actually no premium for this. This is just a knowledge thing on how bad a die can get when it is over polished. Report this Post to the Staff
SadiesAngel Valued Member United States 184 Posts	Posted 08/17/2015 6:31 pm Thank you for the knowledge Coop. It's very interesting learning these different things. Report this Post to the Staff
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