Long neck Abe with long ear 2/examples is this an error?

[JTwilson]

[jfines69]

The neck areas are from die abrasion... Yours are the best I have seen so far... I found a few 92s like yours but not quite as pronounced... The thin Ys look like they could be abrasions or a strike thru grease... The ear areas look like circulation wear!!!

[Maineman750]

It's all from abrasion...devices get thinner from abrasion...grease will make devices look fatter or disappear. The ear is probably what Jim said.

[willbrooks]

Copied from the Glossary.


Abraded Die: A die that has had metal removed from it by some abrasive means in an attempt by the mint to remove damage from the die. This damage is most commonly from a die clash. A cent struck from an abraded die will show raised lines corresponding to the scratches made in the die by the abrasion. Over-abrading the die can result in a loss of detail on the die, which will result in weak or missing devices on the coin. (Perhaps the most well-known example of over-abrading is the 1937D “3-legged” buffalo nickel.) In the case of Lincoln memorial cents, a common result of over-abrasion is a cent with missing designer’s initials, known as “no FG” cents.



Keep in mind that not all abraded dies show these heavy die scratches. Sometimes the abrasion is virtually undetectable, except for the thin or missing devices.

[JTwilson]

Thanks guys for the info I think I'm gonna stab at your contest without any study guides I've owned about hakof those exact coins just heard about one the other day but anyway thanks again