1943 LWC Cud? Die Break? Clash?

[PatrickA]

Raised area above the right wheat stalk.Considered an error?

[diamond]

From here it looks like a stain.

[PatrickA]

Hi Mike,

the metal is raised at the top of the right wheat stalk and the M in UNUM is punched right on top of the raised area.

Heres a couple of more photos.Thanks

[diamond]

If it's raised, then it would be die damage of an unspecified nature. Die dents and die scrapes with this orientation and approximate position are known in Lincoln cents from 1917 to 1945. Some have implicated the feeder finger, but we really don't know.

[PatrickA]

that was my thought.....die damage.

Thanks for the input

[rockdude]

Nice photo's PatrickA, and welcome to the forum.

[wavysteps]

Nice photos.

BJ Neff

[PatrickA]

Thanks for the comments about nice photos....but i cant seem to get the colors right.
The coin is actually your regular steel grey/blue color.
I think i have tried every setting on the camera and different lighting but never get the colors right.

[coinfello]

I would say a form of damage

[rockdude]

Thanks for the comments about nice photos....but i cant seem to get the colors right.
The coin is actually your regular steel grey/blue color.
I think i have tried every setting on the camera and different lighting but never get the colors right.

I use a halogen light but I've heard that some use a fluorescent light.