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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by CoinHI
01/23/2021 02:34 am
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Pillar of the Community
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That's a pretty common area on Lincoln Memorial cents to have weak letters. As far as a dropped letter, it's just too hard to tell what's going on there from the pictures. It kinda has the same shape as the top of that T
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks for having a look Rothery. I know the grease is common, I'm just trying to figure out what was maybe struck in the grease. Its not easy to capture a good photo but I've added another here. Looks like something interesting but still not sure.  "Pride is yoked with callous behavior, as humility is with compassion." St. Gregory Palamas Top Finds - 1969-S 1c FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/477681 1976 D WQ FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/382777 - 1968 D 1c FS-801 http://goccf.com/t/422254Cool clashed dies - 1972 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/429855&SearchTerms=CCLStruck-In Rim Burr - 1969 S 1c http://goccf.com/t/425587&SearchTerms=burrFloating (Type II) Counterclash - 1978 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/434991&SearchTerms=1978 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes, I think you have a Greaser here, with some sort of bad stain, probably caused from environmental conditions. Dropped letter? Not convinced, but you know, sometimes too much magnification can prevent you for seeing more obvious things. Can you give us both an obverse and reverse overall photo? I see the "swiss army knife" mark, I just cannot see what it might be.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Hard to say from those photos but it is not a dropped "T".
The angle at the top of the T is running towards the stem instead of away from it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll try uploading those photos later Merclover.
JimmyD, what if this filling had flipped over, then this angle would be right? I'm not convinced it's a "T" but the proximity to the real "T" and the fact that the real "T" has die damage on the top bar has me curious.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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JimmyD, what if this filling had flipped over, then this angle would be right? Flipping it over would not make any difference. You can't change the angle, it will always be running away from the stem. Correct typo Edited by JimmyD
01/24/2021 12:50 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not very precise but Ive added lines showing what I think matches curve on the bottom of the bar on "T". The blue line represents where the stem would be.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Dropped letters would be incuse, not raised.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Coop, The marks are definitely incuse. That last photo with the color lines I drew has negative lighting creating the raised look.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Doing a little research on possible explanations on Error-Ref. I believe this could be related to a "Grease-mediated radial smear" (with a struck through bulging die filling?). The smear seems to flow toward the rim as described. Any thoughts or opinions are welcome. http://www.error-ref.com/grease-med...adial-smear/"Pride is yoked with callous behavior, as humility is with compassion." St. Gregory Palamas Top Finds - 1969-S 1c FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/477681 1976 D WQ FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/382777 - 1968 D 1c FS-801 http://goccf.com/t/422254Cool clashed dies - 1972 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/429855&SearchTerms=CCLStruck-In Rim Burr - 1969 S 1c http://goccf.com/t/425587&SearchTerms=burrFloating (Type II) Counterclash - 1978 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/434991&SearchTerms=1978 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The defect is too small and too subtle to determine what it might represent. It's not grease-mediated radial smear.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks Mike!
"Pride is yoked with callous behavior, as humility is with compassion." St. Gregory Palamas Top Finds - 1969-S 1c FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/477681 1976 D WQ FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/382777 - 1968 D 1c FS-801 http://goccf.com/t/422254Cool clashed dies - 1972 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/429855&SearchTerms=CCLStruck-In Rim Burr - 1969 S 1c http://goccf.com/t/425587&SearchTerms=burrFloating (Type II) Counterclash - 1978 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/434991&SearchTerms=1978 |
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