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Hello everyone, I just found this forum recently. I have been into coins since I was a child, and had a nice collection back then. My collection was stolen when I was in my teens though, and I never really jumped back on the horse to start collecting again. A friend of mine recently was given some coin albums that he had filled with his grandfather when he was a child. It resparked his interest in coins, and he then resparked mine. My kids have already taken an interest as well, and my oldest boy loves to spend hours with me going through bank rolls. Any hobby that you can do with your family is a great one if you ask me!
Now to the question, while going through rolls of pennies, one in particular jumped out at me, mainly because I am not sure what causes it to be the way it is. The upper right corner of the obverse, has a ridge, where the metal raises up. It runs through the letters, so assumed that it was a dent in the die, but I am not sure because the right side of the 9 on the date seems to be recessed into the ridge, as if the date was struck on in a 2nd strike (I always thought the date was put on with the strike that puts the design on). There is a mark on the left side of the coin too, but it just sort of looks like a scratch, but because of how well it follows the arc of the coin, I wasn't sure if it was something caused from the striking process or not.
I have attached a picture of the penny in question. The reverse is normal, and nothing is wierd about it.
Now to the question, while going through rolls of pennies, one in particular jumped out at me, mainly because I am not sure what causes it to be the way it is. The upper right corner of the obverse, has a ridge, where the metal raises up. It runs through the letters, so assumed that it was a dent in the die, but I am not sure because the right side of the 9 on the date seems to be recessed into the ridge, as if the date was struck on in a 2nd strike (I always thought the date was put on with the strike that puts the design on). There is a mark on the left side of the coin too, but it just sort of looks like a scratch, but because of how well it follows the arc of the coin, I wasn't sure if it was something caused from the striking process or not.
I have attached a picture of the penny in question. The reverse is normal, and nothing is wierd about it.
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