1997 D freaky die memorial

[opengate6]

I love the way the long needle shapes show up on the memorial reverse, but is it worth anything much?

[Roller]

Those are feeder finger scrapes and do not garner any premium.

[jfines69]

Cool... The dies can be more damaged than that.... Here is some info from our Glossary

Feeder Finger Damage: Damage in the form of scrapes to the anvil die which occur when the feeder finger (http://www.lincolncentforum.com/terminology-list-f/#Feeder%20Finger) 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 (http://www.lincolncentforum.com/terminology-list-a/#Anvil%20Die) up until that point. Inverse die installation (http://www.lincolncentforum.com/terminology-list-i/#Inverse%20Die%20Installation) 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.
http://www.lincolncentforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/feederfingerwheat-150x150.jpg (http://www.lincolncentforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/feederfingerwheat.jpg)http://lincolncentforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/finger-damage-150x150.jpg (http://lincolncentforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/finger-damage.jpg)
Not worth any thing extra but still cool looking!!!

[VAB2013]

That's a cool find with feeder finger scrapes! I keep them because they are cool looking even though they do not have a premium :)

[makecents]

Nice find and great pics!! These have messed with me on more than one occasion.

[opengate6]

thanks everyone, for your feedback

[VAB2013]

thanks everyone, for your feedback

You are welcome opengate6! If you find feeder finger scrapes on a Shield cent, let us know. Onecent1909 has been doing a study on them. So far I have only found one like that so there may be more.