1946 S Lincoln Wheat Cent "Kiberty Or Riberty"

Yeah hard to see with pics provided, but likely a hit to the "L"

I mean basically you're saying it was "hit" so hard that it totally flipped the bottom part of the L completely vertical and then bent it into what appears to be a K? I mean like I said there's no way .. if anything it would of just removed that part of it before it would go and completely change it from horizontal to vertical and morphed it into a k shape .. like honestly really think about what you're saying and try to envision that actually happening and then envision what would of been used to do such a thing and then think about the odds that it would then completely reshape it into a total different letter . It's just not remotely realistic to even truly think that's the case I'm sorry and I do appreciate the feedback and the reply but I'm not buying it for a second and I've explained exactly why I can't agree .

@sam, you don't have to agree with us—that is totally fine. You have come here and asked for opinions and now you have them.

You just have to ask yourself whether it is more likely that your circulated cent took a wacky hit that seems to have garbled one of the letters a bit or else someone at the mint inadvertently created a die with a spelling error, struck one single cent, and then hid all evidence of that illegal die while inexplicably allowing the product to be issued into circulation.

Sorry, Sam, just circulation damage. We see this sort of thing frequently.



to the CCF!

If the L took a hit on half the top, then hit from bottom at an angle, there is your K.

with billions of coins Out There, odds say at least some will sustain hits that move metal, so we see results like yours routinely here