1959-D - Tilted "I" of LIBERTY

[adikora]

Hello all,
CRHunting I came across this 1959-D cent with the tilted "I" of LIBERTY. I did some research with "tilted/rotated" lettering and nothing.
Is it a mint error and is it rare? Any help is much appreciated.

[enamel7]

Not a mint error. The I took a hit at some time and it pushed the metal over.

[Petespockets55]

Of course Enamel nailed it.
Post Strike Damage.

[willbrooks]

Welcome to the forum. The others have it correct. It is damage.

[VAB2013]

Welcome to the LCF! You are in the right place to learn about Lincolns, there's is so much great knowledge here and very knowledgeable people to help us out!

[makecents]

Welcome to the forum!!

[jfines69]

Welcome to the LCF... PSD (Post Strike Damage)... It still makes me do a double take... The pic is a little blurry but it looks like a localized hit that displaced the metal to the east... Enough to make you look twice!!!

[adikora]

Thanks a lot for your response,
I've added better images where the PMD can be clearly seen.
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[adikora]

Thanks a lot for your response,
I've added better images where the PMD can be clearly seen.
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[GrumpyEd]

What can happen is the roll crimping machines or coin counters or similar things can shear a letter and it sort of hinges over. Often it's the last digit of the date and sometimes you can see a scrape leading into it.

[jfines69]

Thanks a lot for your response,
I've added better images where the PMD can be clearly seen.

Thanks for the follow up pics... Just a few nicks and dings (PSD) The rim next to the N of IN also has a decent hit that displaced metal... Not to bad on the obv for a 60 year old coin... The terms PSD (Post Strike Damage) and PMD (Post Mint Damage) are basically used interchangeably by a lot of folks... We try to stress the use of PSD instead of PMD since we can not tell with 100% certainty that any damage done to the coin occurred after the strike and before it left the mint or after leaving the mint... Hope that helps a bit!!!