Modern Abraided die coins. Missing Railings: over polished die, minor variety 1971 D Nickel
Aspie_Rocco
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I remember then forget this variety every few years and finally nabbed a graded example. It is a minor variety and not too difficult to locate any given day on ebay or anywhere a variety hunter might view multiple examples. It would seem the reverse die was over polished and resulted in the “deletion” of the balcony rails on the roof of Monticello. I do not see obvious evidence of a die clash however, both sides exhibit heavy die polish lines. 
For an easy to spot die marker there is a die gouge noticeable with the naked eye between the T and S of Cents. The missing rails are also easily seen with the naked eye. 
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Glad I learned about this minor error. Always nice to watch for something different. Thanks for sharing. Peace Roy
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Now I have to add another coin to my 'pocket list' when checking change.
Cheers, RickO
Wow, there are so many to choose from. Thanks for letting us know. Picked up a fairly nice one today.
Jim
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There's an old thread on this variety somewhere. Nice find!
Well, heck....here's the pic.
Leo
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Old thread bump, any other known Modern abraided dies after the 1930s era?
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Found one on eBay, not mine, if anyone is interested it’s from Ameriworld https://ebay.us/m/kd5qXc
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@Aspie_Rocco, didn’t know this thread existed, but stirred a memory of a coin I found in circulation in 1971 or 1972. Here’s the one I put away almost 55 years ago because it was missing design elements on the reverse. Are these pretty common? Is there a demand for them or no interest? Thanks Zack.
They do not seem to have a premium yet, not sure if they will gain traction like a 3 leg, still these 71 D are unique for the missing features.
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This would need a lot of promotion and need to be recognized as a variety by the major TPG's for it to have enough of a following or any significant impact on value. Neat, but I imagine there are very few that would even know or care about it at this point.
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In all honesty, I did not even see where the issue was until it was pointed out.
The floating roof Lincoln cents are more apparent and interesting, at least to me. 🤷♂️. And even those are really just a curiosity.
I do not promote it as an investment, but more for newer collectors to learn something about abraded dies and be able to find them in the wild, or their own collections.
I still think it is a cool variety with super low prices readily available in high quality.
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