1996 “extra letters” above IGWT ?

Curious to other theories.
1996 penny with the The metal above the letters is the metal from the said letters.
Curious what’s going on?
Maybe When it was ejected I say, it then got knicked and this is the outcome. Or could be when struck the metal flowed away from the letters idk. no physical damage at the tops of the letters but above the raised zinc is there in the outline of the letters and metal is missing from the top of the letters but it has the copper layer over it still .

 

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They look like plating blisters to me. Wrong size and font to be letters.

 

No not plating blisters 100% characteristics are not there for them.
The parts above the GOD and E you can tell that they came from if you were to drag them down untop of the letters it would match up to those areas. here’s another example not my coin it’s circulated. So it does look differnet but characterizes are there raised and more extreme they came from the letters too.
You can see on my on the Top right of O & D where slight metal is missing and those are the raised parts above the letters.

 

It's split plating. Since the cent planchets are plated before striking, the strike can cause the plating to pull away and into the devices. Not an error, actually fairly common on 95% zinc cents.

Here is an error ref page about it:

https://www.error-ref.com/split-plating/

 

Are you referring to split plat doubling?
If so That’s not close to what this is. Characteristics aren’t there and the split plating would extend all the way to. The edge of the devices.
From the top of the letters to where the anomaly starts is copper if split plate itd show the zinc between that part.

this is something completely different to split plate doubling. And isn’t common at allZ

 

Yes that is what I meant. And yes that is what is going on with your coin. And yes it is common. You can literally see the zinc showing through. If you are so sure it is something rare and valuable then send it in.

 

I know what split plate doubling looks like this is not it 100%
The zinc “showing thru” is raised here and the tops of the letters the metal of the devices is missing, and no evidence of damage to the letters missing there parts which add up to the anomalies above those said letters. Matching those missing areas 100%
idc if it’s something rare or valuable I enjoy finding out new info on coins with odd things going on with them.
This is no split plate doubling at all.

 

No. This is just split plate doubling (plating issue) common on Lincoln cents.
Pareidolia on the lettering.
Here's my example:

 

Boy, just can't please everyone.

 

I know its not split

Unfortunately mine isn’t split plate doubling characteristics don’t add up to that at all. These are raised areas far away from the devices that match up to the top of those letters bc the metal is missing in that area for them.

 

I know you’ve seen all posts or most that I’ve posted all my coins are legit errors.
This one I’m just trying to get information on.
I would not be posting this if it was split plate doubling because why would I do that. Ridiculous bc my knowledge is better than that. That’s be like a knowledgable collector posting a parking lot coin but all his other posts reputable. move posted to a few Facebook groups
Anyways.

 

Okay. Let's wait for more people to chime in shall we?

 

Apparently, you aren't. What you want is "ooh ahh" or " wow what an error"

You aren't going to get that validation here for that coin.

 

No… that’s not what I want at all lmfao.
What I want is to figure out what’s going on with the coin bc it’s interesting and haven’t come across one before like it.

I’m only striking down the split plate doubling comments because it is not that at all and I know that 100% and that is not a valid theory here because once again that’s not what’s going on.
Lmfao I don’t look for any validation of a coin ever.
I’m looking for educated comments and theories of what is going on to the coin. split plate doubling is not that theory, and characteristics don’t add up to that at all. So that is getting shut down quick.

Im happy to hear others opinions etc. and to welcome them and what they think
but research and knowledge tells you without a doubt it’s not split plate doubling

 

Definitely a Die Deterioration issue.

I do see a hint of zinc

 

Wait, so you’ve never seen it before but you know what it is and isn’t? @SensibleSal66 posted pics looking remakarkably similar to yours. A simple question, how in the minting process would what you are claiming have happened?

 

That’s what I wanna figure out where it’s happens During the process. striking and ejection? Was my first thought.
Getting knicked the metal but no damage done to the physical devices and the tops of the devices where the metal is missing and above the letters is copper plated still I’d expect to see damage there showing metal displacement or zinc none of the such there.
Again what is seen on this memorial cent what I posted I haven’t encountered before. I’ve encountered split plate doubling plenty of times and it is not that at all.

 

I thoguht to but am curious for die deterioration in how metal from the devices can get that far away.
Also thinking about die deterioration and how it looks like etc having a hard time seeing how die deterioration would cause what is being seen.
It’s interesting

 

Going back to similar images posted no metal is missing from the physical devices of the letters.
Split plate doubling is from the strike when the copper is stretched to thin and separates.
That clearly didn’t happen here the raised physical metal of the devices and the devices missing those exact “pieces” does not add up to how split plate doubling occurs.

 

Some other images ‍♂️ tough to get