Is The Es In United States Faded Because Of A Minting Error (Lincoln Memorial Cent / LMC )

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nate712 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 12:55 pm * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! * i hqve this 1986 D penny that lokks to have an interestong error but I'm not sure if its Post mint or not, it looks like a a faded bottom half of the E AND S. please help !!thank you! Report this Post to the Staff

moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 1:03 pm Looks like a Grease Filled Die. Not much value, but certainly worth keeping as a good example. Report this Post to the Staff
nate712 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 1:06 pm thanks for the help, I'm slowly learning what exactly causes certain imperfections. theres alot to learn! Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 1:21 pm Agree, looks like a Greaser. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 1:23 pm This is a fairly common area of the coins to be weak. Because of the the strike of the obverse side of the coin, there is a lot of metal moving during that process. So if not enough metal is moved into that area on the reverse, the strike can be weak. That is why those devices have a wide base on the 'ES' on states. But also note all the letters on STATE are a bit wider because of the lack of thickness of metal pushed into that area. This a common problem on the Memorial cents design. No premium for this. (sometimes just knowing what happened is the value for this look) The other area on 'ICA' on AMERICA looks weak, but looking that other devices on that area, they are smaller, so the was over polished, and some grease was in those three devices making them slight wider, but still weak as they are not as tall as the other devices in AMERICA. Report this Post to the Staff
Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7512 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 1:25 pm I agree as well, that is one very common area on the pre-shield LMC's reverse that this struck thru. grease occurred and there are literally thousands of them examples are out there! Report this Post to the Staff
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Is The Es In United States Faded Because Of A Minting Error (Lmc)