1990 Lincoln Cent with "S" on Beard

[rvrboy]

Hello Everyone!
Im new to collecting and wanted to get your input on this strange error I found. 1990 Lincoln Cent with raised "S" in the beard of Lincoln. Anyone ever seen this before?

[jcuve]

Welcome to the forum!!!

The picture really isn't large enough to assess. That said, it is hard to imagine a scenario that would cause a raised letter. The MMs were no longer being added by hand (with a punch) and a dropped letter or a clash of almost any sort produces incuse, reversed lettering. Of course, much is still possible, and I have been wrong before...

(BTW, I merged your posts and pics as only one post on the same topic in the forum is needed.)

[jfines69]

To bad the pics are to small to see... Welcome to the forum... Jason is one of the pros here... Since you are new to collecting you should visit his web site errorvariety.com... He has a way with words and photographs that make it easy for determining what you have... Other pros here include Bob, BJ, Mike, Wendell (Even though he says he's to young to be a pro) and many others... I'm not one of the pros... LOL... Again Welcome to the LCR and we look forward to your posts!!!

[mousey70]

That's a really good find. It must be some sort of die problem and that makes it very uniqie. Keep it protected. Again nice find.

[rvrboy]

thanks for the warm welcome everyone! I'm going to try and get a better picture for you all to see. I have a hunch this may just be a die chip that happens to look like an "S". The one thing that hung me up what it is "nearly" the size of the s lettering that occurs in the "States" part of the Reverse. I'll get a better pic for you all!

[lineop3]

Welcome our newest member! Looking forward to seeing just what it is.

Aisha

[rvrboy]

Thanks Aisha! Meet too!

[JeanK]

Welcome to LCR!
Jean

[DoubleYou]

Welcome aboard!

[georoxx]

Welcome..! (Card player or water skier..?)

-Geo

[rvrboy]

I want to say water skier Geo, but is that a trick question?

[georoxx]

Nope. Just a guess.

Based on your user ID, rvrboy from AZ... (Colorado River or the final "river" card in Texas Hold 'em)

Welcome, again.

-Geo

[copperlover]

Welcome to this community and thanks for hitting the ground running by sharing
with us.Looking forward to see your pics.

Lucien

[celartu]

Welcome to LCR , I hope you feel comfortable and peaceful in this great forum

[rvrboy]

Hey there everyone! I have a better pic to show. Let me know if this helps!