PART II. Die Varieties:

Other Omitted Design Elements

Definition: Part of a design element, or an entire design element is missing from a working die.

The lower left stem (a continuation of the right wreath branch) is missing on this 1801 United States Large Cent. The image to the left shows the error while the image to the right shows the correct placement of the stem. Also notice that there is a spelling error on UNITED where the U has been replaced by two I’s that have been placed next to each
other.  Furthermore, the denominator of the fractional denomination has the wrong first digit.  A zero has been substituted for the number 1. The images are courtesy of Heritage Auction.