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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Always a good day when something like this arrives in the mail. Another CCF member spotted what looked like a dropped letter on an ebay listing and gave me the go ahead to take my chances on it. THANK YOU!! It arrived in the mail today and while it may have been iffy from the ebay photo it is perfect in hand. And the coin grade is super nice as well, so a most excellent score. And since someone will ask, I paid $5.53 for it including shipping. 1949-D Lincoln Wheat cent mint error - dropped letter     |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Awesome assisted cherrypick tropicalbats! It's the real deal! I think it came from "USOM" on the reverse.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's awesome! Nice pick!
-CH27
Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks! Yeah, I think it's the D in UNITED as well but honestly just too darn busy today to really look at this one yet. Note there are some raised areas on the bust that look like squiggles that I haven't really checked out yet either. Later tonight I'll see if I can verify which D it is when I have more time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Definitely looks the the D from UNITED! Heckuva score!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm such a doofus. Would someone explain how this happened?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
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Moderator
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Quote:
I think it's the D in UNITED as well  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Copper worms on the obverse on the bust.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6116 Posts |
Not really sure, but they are raised so either die gouges or what seems like an area that struck some hard debris and gave the die odd-shaped die dents. Or copper worms...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Professor coop - Would you please explain "copper worms" to us.
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think there related Copper Bore Weevil which are responsible for what we sometimes think are a strike-thru.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dang TB , Gorgeous! As far as "Coop"er worms go , Coop might have had this kind of copper worm in the forefront of his mind !  Flickr photo Edited by stoneman227
08/24/2019 05:43 am
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Posted 08/23/2019 6:38 pm
