"Floating Letters"

[jlc0321]

I've heard this referred to as floating letter's some where. There is a "d" on the front, and a "c" on the back. The picture I took of the back doesn't show the c very well but it is there.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d177/jlc0321/64Dfloatingletters.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d177/jlc0321/64Dfloatingletters3.jpg

Thanks for looking.

Jeff

[Wheat Cents]

it is refered to the Dropped Letter variety. Ting about dropped letter coins is each is unique. Andy Margolis' book Error Coin Encyclopedia has some nice pics as well as a details how these occur..

[car10]

What bothers me about this one is the appearance of some some type of damage on the reverse. It looks like some kind of "punch" was used to make a home-made "dropped letter". Very deceptive but the "D" isn't the same size as the mint mark and looks like a different font than the "D" in God should be..

[Wheat Cents]

D reminded me of the Denver mark on later cents..

[car10]

D reminded me of the Denver mark on later cents..
Yes, exactly.

[Brad]

Is the D sunk into the field, or is the D coming out of the field like the rest of the lettering?

[jlc0321]

The letters are sunk into the coin, the "c" on the back is the same size as the "c" in cent. I'm going to try and get a better picture of it.

[Steven]

D reminded me of the Denver mark on later cents..
My thought was a squeeze job with a later dated cent. maybe we can get full obverse and reverse photos. The area of the rim is what makes me think this. Looks like another rim was smashed into the obverse and reverse. Just an opinion.

[jlc0321]

Wouldn't a "squeeze job" reverse the lettering?

Jeff

[Steven]

The lettering may be reversed on this one. If another coin with this type of D, was layed on top of another coin, obverse to obverse and struck with a hammer in the area of the D, wouldn't it look like this one.
I'm just trying to think outside the box here.

[jlc0321]

Here is a better picture of the back, and the "c" can clearly be seen.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d177/jlc0321/64-Dfloatingletters5.jpg

The only reason I questioned the squeeze job theory, is because I posted a different picture that I had a question about and the general concensus
was a squeeze job, that made sense to me with what I had pictured.

Jeff

[Steven]

Here is a layered photo of what I was trying to say. I could be way off but it this is what I was thinking.

[Shingpumps]

If it was a dropped letter there is a good market for them.

[Steven]

Hopefully someone will come along with the answer to this one.

[car10]

Here is a better picture of the back, and the "c" can clearly be seen.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d177/jlc0321/64-Dfloatingletters5.jpg

The only reason I questioned the squeeze job theory, is because I posted a different picture that I had a question about and the general concensus
was a squeeze job, that made sense to me with what I had pictured.

Jeff
After seeing this photo I'd have to go with the squeeze theory.

[jlc0321]

I'm just asking here, what do you guy's think of the "d" on the front. That can't be a squeeze job or there would be other telltale signs and I don't see any.

Jeff

[Brad]

I don't think that this is a dropped letter. It is either a squeeze or a hammer job. I think someone made a three cent sandwich and hit it with hammer. It probably was hit at a single point that was just hard enough to transfer the D and C.

[Wheat Cents]

I think someone made a three cent sandwich and hit it with hammer.

I think they sell three cent sandwiches on eBay.

[foundinrolls]

Lets see pictures of the entire obverse and the entire reverse. If those letters are raised, you may have a coin that has been double struck. I need to see pictures of both sides of the coin to see what I can see:-)

Thanks,
Bill