1944S Roller marks?

[Roller]

I don't have any other clue except possibly roller marks. Anyone in the know?

[duece2seven]

That's just weird? Doesn't look like PMD. Lines appear to be under the normal devices. This should be interesting. Way over my head for sure. Foreign planchet maybe? Good luck!

[jallengomez]

Feeder-finger damage to the dies. In those days, feeder-finger damage showed up in a north-south direction as opposed to the NE-SE direction that we see them on modern coins.

[jfines69]

They do look like feeder finger damage!!!

[mrmike916]

Thanks for clarification, this was a question I have had for a while. I always though they were lathe lines.

[mustbebob]

I agree with Jody. It does look like feeder finger damage. It is the strongest I have seen on a wheat cent. Very nice example.

[willbrooks]

George, would you grant permission to add your photo to our glossary? We do not have a wheat cent example for this yet.

[Roller]

George, would you grant permission to add your photo to our glossary? We do not have a wheat cent example for this yet.

By all means Will.

[willbrooks]

Ok, I had to edit the content of this entry as well. Here is the edited entry. Thank you Jody and George! The glossary is a living lexicon. Jody, or anyone else in the know; do we know what year the feeder finger angle to the die changed from N-S to NW-SE? Might be tough to pinpoint.

Feeder Finger Damage: Damage in the form of scrapes to the anvil die which occur when the feeder finger inadvertently rubs across it. On memorial cents, these die scrapes always show on the coin in a NW to SE direction and until the mid 90s, only on the reverse of coins, as the reverse die had always been the anvil die up until that point. Inverse die installation began in the mid 90s, but thus far there are no known examples of obverse feeder finger damage on Lincoln cents. On older cents, such as this 1944S wheat pictured below, these feeder finger scrapes exhibit in a N-S direction. I am currently unaware of when the angle of the feeder finger to the die was altered. That coin and photo are courtesy of forum member Roller.