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I finally got a decent pic of this. I hope it's clear enough. There's a D almost directly across Abe's chin. It has some gung on the straight line of the D. The D is facing downward. I found this penny about 1 year ago. Is this considered a floating D? What value do think it has? I have absolutely no idea. Any help is appreciated.  Image:  IMG_AbeD2.jpg85.41 KB |
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"across Abe's chin" or across from abe's chin (out in the field).I've given it effort (recently)to find out the value and or scarcity of dropped through(letter) strikes.responses were limited to 'not common'and that I should refer to E-bay. recently a set of two nickles 1. dropped letter strike through "T" on obv. 1."IN GOD WE RUST" sold for $1,888.88 the dropped letter coin was on a cover of a coin magazine( Coin World 2005) with accompanying photos and article. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWA:IT&rd=1 AND more info (incld)same nickle http://hermes.csd.net/~coneca/conte...entfinds.htm |
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thingee - A couple of things. First, it would help if you took the coin out of the flip and then photographed it. It does cut down on the glare and you can get rid of some of the clutter that has built up in the flip itself. Second; a drop letter or numeral should be the same size or very close to the size of the letter or numeral that it came from. In this case, since it is a "D" is should have come from "GOD". There is no possibility of it coming from the D of UNITED. From the looks of it, your floating "D" is smaller than either of these two letters. Third; a dropped letter or numeral is incused and not raised. Yours appears to be raised. I may be wrong on what I am seeing, however, those are the guidelines for a dropped letter or numeral.
WAVYSTEPS2003 aka BJ Neff
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Thanks for pics and the info. I now understand that I don't have a dropped letter. My initial thoughts were that the D was somehow misplaced away from it being the mintmark, because that would be the right size for this D. Any way, where could this D have come from? Tooled? Any other possibilities  |
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as 'waveystep's pointed out the information to whether or not the "D' in raised above the field or incused (indented below the field )would be of use here in determination of cause of 'floating D' you found. as to 'if' it is raised it just occurred to me that the copper plating may be missing and the result is that in the middle of your 'D' the zinc is corrod ed-ing leaving a 'ate out area' surrounded by the thin copper plate.the edges of the copper plating left 'just-so-happen' to be raised in the shape of your 'D'... ? just a thought.
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One other thing to remember; in 1990 ALL mintmarks were placed onto the MASTER DIE, so that would not leave any possibility of it being a misplaced or "floating" D. Errorfinder has the most passable explanation.
WAVYSTEPS aka BJ Neff
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Thanks everyone for the info. Yeah, this "thing" that looks like a D is raised. I'm hanging on to it because it is so interesting. Thanks again!!  |
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Errorfinder is correct on what this problem is. It is a corroded area left behind from a gas bubble in the plating that burst open and exposed the pure zinc core of the cent to the open elements. Zinc is highly reactive to environmental damage, and copper is not. The combination, when exposed, produces some odd holes, divots, and shapes on the coins. There is no premium value for such a coin - it is considered damage.
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Edited by thingee
10/01/2006 01:46 am
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Posted 09/20/2006 7:09 pm
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Cool!! 
