Coin and Paper Money Collecting/1919 error?

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Expert: - 7/30/2009


Question

1919 poss wheat error
notice the letter T and E in CENT. I have thousands of wheats and lots of 1919's and I have never seen one like this.

Answer
Paula,

Assuming you are referring to what looks like a lump of metal at the top of the T, that is caused by excessive wear of the die, causing it to crack and break, so that coins struck after that will have that lump of metal from where the metal flowed into the missing piece of the die.

Die breaks or cuds like this have little collector interest because they happen every year.  Value at about a dollar if you can find an interested collector.

I hope this helps,

Dan

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