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1993 Lincon Cent Missing Li From Liberty

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 Posted 04/23/2008  7:10 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add decoinboy to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Just found this coin and it appears it was struck without the L and I in Liberty. Is this an error or is it damage? Thanks in advance for your responses.


Image: 1993-Lincon-Cent-Missing-Li-From-Liberty missingL1_1.jpg
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 Posted 04/23/2008  9:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Becky to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very nice pics, and very cool error. I think that is what is called a Grease Filled Die. Not a lot of premium, but still very cool. Thanks for sharing it.
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 Posted 04/23/2008  9:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nobble to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
May not be worth alot but that is one of the coolest errors I seen. I would keep that one for a cool conversation piece :)
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 Posted 04/23/2008  10:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add desertgem to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Must have been a lot of grease as a similar but not as dramatic effect occurred on the last digit of the date and maybe a little of the "IN". Was the VDB obliterated also from the bust? I couldn't tell from the photo. I just have a hard time thinking that grease would fill "LI" so completely, and it appears that none got on the B of BERTY. I would normally expect to see a partially filled B like the date. Very neat coin. If my name was Bert, I would be after it :)

But stranger things have happened in the mint :)

Jim
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 Posted 04/23/2008  11:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add decoinboy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This one will defiantly be staying in my collection. Thanks for all the replies.
desertgem, the VDB is still intact so it would appear that grease was on the sides of the die but not the bottom.
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 Posted 04/24/2008  02:17 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add foundinrolls to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi,

It is a Grease Filled Die error. They are fairly common although they are a little more fun when specific letters are missing.

Grease can fill any recess in the die so it is not uncommon for a single letter to be missing or for a few letters to be missing.

Thanks,
Bill
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