1940 Penny With Missing "l" In Liberty

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Rmbaa New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 7:09 pm I have one more question! This is a badly scratched 1940's penny with a very strange line in the place of "L" in Liberty. Can anyone help me with this one? How would I classify it? THANK YOU! Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 7:45 pm It is PMD. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96597 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 8:32 pm it looks like the L took a hit from the left moving the metal over to the right where the lower horizontal part should be. This is PMD Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34419 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 9:09 pm @rmb, we see cents from the 1940s and 1950s with the letter L or the last digit in the date "smushed" like this with some frequency here. Most often we attribute it to mechanical damage, such as from the payment mechanism in a Gumball Machine. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 01/23/2023 05:39 am Post mint damage with extreme harshly cleaned obverse scratches. No reverse shown (please always show us both sides of your coin, thanks). Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/23/2023 2:32 pm Beaten and abused. It is still a Wheat cent. If it were a variety coin, the damage would lower the value of the coin to a cull. But still a Wheat cent. Report this Post to the Staff
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1940 Penny With Missing "L" In Liberty