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D. Notive; During the minting process, {at 5:00 o' clock} the die embedded into the coins design because foreign matters/ slag (detritus left over from the smelting process) was too hard and brittle to take the impression compromising the fourth digit of the minting year on what I am certain o a new 1943 S Lincoln (copper) cent variety? Call or Text 5803778490 if interested.
Asked on May 28, 2024
At first I had to look up "notive." It sounds like it should be a word. Anyway, as for your coin, your explanation is very creative. But in a coin this heavily circulated, I'll appeal to Occam's Razor, which holds that the simplest explanation for something is usually the best one: It could also be that the last digit wore off. Such uneven wear may sound unlikely, but with three hundred billion cents out there, it's an almost certainty.
Furthermore, this would not be a "variety," varieties refer to types linked to a specific die condition. You are proposing an interference with the die contact, one that might repeat itself a few times but not many.
Finally, even if you're right, in an uncirculated specimen, this would not be a valuable error. With this level of wear, there would be little additional vlue.
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