I've been looking at images to differentiate MD and DD because of this coin which I don't think falls into either category. I found a perfect example photo of this error on doubleddie.com and it's under 1990 WDDO-003 except this is not a die gouge. If you look at the top of the T on the middle photo, that's exactly what this is. Unfortunately, I only have my little girl's toy microscope so I can't take close up pictures of it but like I said, it's exactly how it is on the WDDO-003 example middle photo. It's like the letter moved down and peeled off the plating and expose the grey part..this is exactly what my coin has on the U, T, E, D and all of STATES. I'm not sure what to call this error. 1990 WDDO-003
Here is an example of a well struck cent, where all the letters on the reverse are filled. The problem though is that with the increased pressure that it took to strike this coin, it split the copper plating. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/need-help-with-1993-weak-strike-penny.311958/#post-3009361 https://www.cointalk.com/threads/whats-this.312316/#post-3014814
Thanks, it's unfortunate as it's a nice coin, with the plating peeled, I don't know if this coin will last a year, it'll probably rot a lot faster now. Is this a normal error, how would one describe this type of error ?
Yeah, I collect shiny pretty penny, not necessarily the errors and thanks for that link. At least now I know what the error is officially called.
