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Better pics of the 1977 penny weak strike ?
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The letters at the top of the reverse are opposite Lincoln's shoulder on the obverse - one of the high points of the design. This often resulted in inadequate metal flow into all parts of the design. The problem was common into the 80s. According to an earlier post by Mr. Lange, the mint lowered the relief of Lincoln's shoulder over the years, to the point of making it concave, in order to try to solve this problem.

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If it is a weak strike, that's not the sort of error that confers a premium most of the time. That's normally a detractor. Collectors tend to prefer the sharpest possible strikes, even if there is a collectible error in play (say, a cud).

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