199? Lincoln Memorial Cent / LMC Filled Die?

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NGiles Pillar of the Community United States 527 Posts	Posted 05/13/2008 12:27 am I found this today metal detecting. I wish I had found it before the corrosion had started, but oh well. I think this is due to a filled die, or maybe a strike through. I thought I would post it for conversation. I can see a very faint 7 under the microscope so I am pretty sure it is 1997. let me know what you think. This is the sad part. Report this Post to the Staff

foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 05/13/2008 12:56 am Yeah, it's a shame it was in the ground. It does look like a filled die and it does look like it might have been a 7. I am not crazy about filled dies unless they are examples like this one that has such an obvious flaw. It's so smooth around the "7" . I like it despite the corrosion :-) Have Fun, Bill Edited by foundinrolls 05/13/2008 12:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
NGiles Pillar of the Community United States 527 Posts	Posted 05/13/2008 01:33 am I know I'll get a lot of flack for saying it, but if they can't afford to make the coins to last, then they probably shouldn't make them at all. I think the zinc cents are a joke. I can't even get a bank to take half of the ones I find metal detecting. I have rolls and rolls of them just sitting in a box taking up space. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 05/13/2008 2:30 pm Yep, it's a filled die, and by the way a filled die IS a strike through error. Just a specific type of strike through error. Report this Post to the Staff
NGiles Pillar of the Community United States 527 Posts	Posted 05/13/2008 9:11 pm Thanks Conder, I was thinking that was the case, but some people are picky about terminology, so I played it safe and put them both in there to cover my bases. Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 05/13/2008 9:54 pm The coins that are corroded can be added a few at a time to rolls instead of being cashed in all at once. Randomly throw a few in. As long as they are fairly identifiable they are spendable. If they are practically dust:-) forget them:-) In theory, the banks are supposed to send them to the federal reserve for replacement. Anyway....they are still legal to spend Report this Post to the Staff
jdbooth Valued Member United States 236 Posts	Posted 05/13/2008 11:42 pm A nice find none-the-less. It's much better then the example I have. We know one thing. It's not a keeper. Eventually it will deteriorate to nothing. I have not found a way to stop the deterioration of a plated zinc coin once the plating has been breached. It's a pity. I don't even look at a post '81 1c once I see a split in its plating. Off to a coin roll. 1988-90 are particularly bad about this. John Booth Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 05/14/2008 09:00 am A mild matter of semantics, but the error is known as a "struck through" - not a "strike through". Report this Post to the Staff
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199? LMC Filled Die?