While looking through some rolls I happened across this 2011 D LSC with what appears to be Feeder Finger Damage on the obverse. It runs from the back of the neck and appears again on the front of the neck. They run from NW to SE and while I have many cents with Feeder Finger Damage on the reverse this is the very first one that I have seen on the obverse. This isn't from a die crack nor do I believe this is from a die gouge even though they are raised as they run perfectly together from one side of the bust to the other. I did some research on the Lincoln Cent forum as well as others and everything from having finger feeder damage cents to everything I have seen and looked at tell me this is Feeder Finger Damage.
Mr. Coop, had I not posted a 2017 cent which I called "Flying Shield" a few months back I would have never known about Feeder Finger Damage had it not been for you. You recognized what it was and explained to me why it didn't run through the shield, just on the outside of the shield. The Lincoln Cent forum noted that there isn't one documented on the obverse of a Lincoln Cent. Thank you for your wealth of knowledge and graciousness enough to pass that on.
Another thing to learn and recognize. Never known this Feeder Finger Scrapes until today. I do believe I have seen few times when I looked over LMC and LSC. I though it was a bubble or scratches.Very good to know that Feeder Finger Scrapes is error
I've actully seen it quite a bit on the 2017 P's. I didn't even bother keeping them because I thought they were just die scratches or gouges. I've seen them on the reverse as well running "through" the shield but all of a sudden I found a big one sticking out of Abe's neck and then I found like five more so I just figured they were pretty common
Quote: The centrifuge loads the magazine. Pause about 48sec in. You can see the magazine is loaded, but is also offset to the right of the dies alignment as it also appears in the image of the Schuler MRH-150.
Does not appear the planchets free fall directly into the dies path, but are fed into position from that point. Everything happens so fast its hard for me to grasp the whole picture or process for feeding into the striking chamber or strike position. Would think something has to stop / position the planchet in alignment for the upcoming strike. Thanks, Doug.
Feeder finger scrapes can appear on the face struck by the anvil die, the face struck by the hammer die, or both faces simultaneously. They're more common on the face struck by the anvil die. Cents struck after 2001 are almost all struck with the obverse die functioning as the anvil die. So the appearance of feeder scrapes on the obverse face of this cent is not surprising.
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Posted 06/05/2018 12:06 pm
Another thing to learn and recognize. Never known this Feeder Finger Scrapes until today. I do believe I have seen few times when I looked over 
links and response below from similar topic over a year ago. Thanks, Doug.
