too poor of a photograph to really tell anything... it kinda looks like there is something there but cant really tell... Mach
Yes - it occurs during the minting process. And technically I suppose it is an error. But it occurs and is found so often that it adds no value to the coin.
looks like an error, but hey I love errors, I could thing to do, is that you can sell it on ebay and the novice numismatics can think its something else, and hopefully you could recieve a huge sum of money. Just my opinion
1989 D I, too, have a coin that looks just like the one above. I have a scan of it attached below. It only seems to be on the 989 part of the date. I'm not sure what to make of it, because the ghost-image of the date doesn't seem to protrude from the surface (hard to tell)... but it's definitely visible, especially when I put it to the light. What do you think of it?
Howdy damoronz - Welcome to the Forum !! My guess would be it's ejection damage. When a coin is ejected from the press, if it hangs up just a tad, some of the letters or in this case the date drags against the die and the letters or digits are pushed to one side.
Just because someone is a novice, is no reason to deceive them.Or try to make money off of them for something that is of lesser value. This is why I do not buy on e-bay I LIKE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
I've seen this form of doubling on many copper-plated zinc cents. It is incuse doubling, which distinguishes it from typical machine doubling. I have seen incuse doubling on a few state quarters and in those cases it appears to be an unsual form of die deterioration doubling. The incuse doubling on zinc cents is seen quite frequently in conjunction with the formation of raised "ridge rings", which is also a manifestation of die fatigue. The totality of the evidence thus points to this incuse doubling as a form of die deterioration doubling.
I completely agree with Mike... I've seen this happen alot. I was going to post something, but I couldn't quite find the words for it... I think Mike hit it right on the nose! Take a look at my post on this penny. Notice the 3 looks doubled... but it isn't, it's just pressed into the raised area around the ridge. I must admit tho... haven't seen many that's gotten 3 of 4 digits of the date! It's a cool find!
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