1969-D Lincoln Cent Weak Strike? - Coin Community Forum

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Jwood1488 New Member United States 41 Posts	Posted 11/14/2016 11:25 pm Weak strike? Grease Filled Die? Something else? There is no Abe in the Memorial, no initials and the roof is floating. Also the second 9 in the date is weak as well but everything else seems ok. What do ya'll think? I appreciate any information. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 11/15/2016 04:48 am Not a weak strike because the rims are all there. It is a well known over abraded die and well worth a 2x2. Congrats. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Biedercoins Pillar of the Community United States 1602 Posts	Posted 11/15/2016 06:41 am Sometimes called the levitating or floating roof variety. As John1 said, overpolishing of the die is the cause. Report this Post to the Staff
Dustin6 Pillar of the Community United States 3516 Posts	Posted 11/15/2016 09:07 am Very nice find! Great Missing FG Report this Post to the Staff
cwb Pillar of the Community United States 3463 Posts	Posted 11/15/2016 09:11 am to the forum! Nice example of a floating roof! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 11/15/2016 1:36 pm Not missing 'FG'. It was removed along with a lot of the fields on the die. probably why the weak looking reverse rim. The missing die field area would give less than a normal strike because of the thickness of the fields being reduced (also removing the shallow devices like the roof and FG areas). So it is not a weak strike, just beyond the adjustment because of the reduction of the die, for a normal strike. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 11/15/2016 5:03 pm to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Jwood1488 New Member United States 41 Posts	Posted 11/15/2016 10:42 pm Thanks you guys! I really appreciate the information and the warm welcome. Thanks again. Report this Post to the Staff
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