Hello everyone, I was going through some rolled cent's a few mins ago, and stumbled across a coin I don't know what to classify as. I've uploaded some pics, the first through my regular scanner and the second with an enlarged image thanks to previous advice from Yorkie. I know its not double die, but there is die that almost links the bottoms of the N in "Cent". I understand that the pics aren't very good, but trust me, its not simply a scratch. It is on top, looks almost like solder. What is this called? Is it common? The cent is a 1996 D cent. Edit: Thanks for the help.
Now if it's a gouge I would hold onto it just because there might be others from the same die to compare it with and their kind of neat to hang onto.
I don't think it is a gouge as the line is on top (sticking out), not inverted into the coin. Edit: what is it called when there is extra metal (or or die, but not dd) added to the design?
I'm confused about what you are calling "die". The die strikes the image into the planchet creating the coin. The term doubled die comes from the image being doubled on the die so when it strikes the coin the doubled image is transferred to the coin. The gouge rockdude referred to above is a gouge in the die that is then transferred to the coin. A gouge is indented into the die so it will produce a raised line on the coin. But there is no die on a coin. Die gouges and die crackes are on the die and both produce raised areas on the coin. I hope this helps you to understand what is happening to your coin. If not keep asking.
