Can anyone help with what's going on under this 5?

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• Cranium_Basher73 Posts: 3,716 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 17, 2023 11:56PM

  Looks like a bit of a clashed die.

  Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.

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• bolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,359 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 18, 2023 12:10AM

  Some sort of damage to the die surface just above the relief of the "5". Could have been a clashed die as CB has stated above. The 56-D has a multitude of anomalies associated with the date. One of my favorites below, rpm #16.
  
  

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 18, 2023 5:43AM

  It appears it may have been a clashed die, the traces which were not removed prior to re-use. Cheers, RickO

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• CaptHenway Posts: 33,661 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 18, 2023 3:45PM

  I don't see any design on the reverse opposite that spot that could cause a clash mark like this.

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• privatecoin Posts: 3,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 19, 2023 8:57AM

  @jonathanb said:
  This generated some excitement when it was first discovered, as a possible "5 over rotated 5" variety. That idea didn't pan out. See http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Controversial/Cents.html near the bottom of the page.

  If it is a damaged die as they suggest in the article, that is really pristine shaping of a 5. Hard to believe it could be simple damage to the die.

  Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc

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