Another Newly Acquired Error, A Side Saddle Cent

Here’s a 1994 Zinc Cent that’s been double struck. The strike on the right side is small but it’s there and it has the L from LIBERTY. The left strike is much larger and contains the date. This type of double strike is called a Side Saddle. I’ve seen a few that are more evenly centered but this one I purchased last month.

 

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very cool coin thanks for showing

 

A nice one, @Collecting Nut. Thanks for sharing.

 

You’re welcome

 

I think your coin has been struck twice, and is not any type of a Saddle Strike.
I have never heard of a Side Saddle Strike. I could not find it listed on Error-ref.com. A Saddle Strike occurs when a planchet or coin is struck simultaneously by two adjacent die pairs. Such a situation can only arise in a dual or quad press.
A Saddle Strike is not Double Struck.
https://www.error-ref.com/saddle-strike-without-hump/
https://www.error-ref.com/saddle-strike-head-to-base/
https://www.error-ref.com/saddle-strike-head-to-head/
https://www.error-ref.com/saddle-strike-wide-gap-between-adjacent-dies/

https://www.error-ref.com/saddle-strike-with-hump/

 

Purchased from a well known reputable dealer and that’s why’s he called it. I’ve seen other coins struck like this one and that’s what they called it as well.

 

Nice error coin. Nice to have the date on it.

 

Yes it is. Som times you get a date, some times you don’t.

 

If it had a mint mark. Would that be better? Whatever zinc coin!!!

 

I think that would depend on the mintages. But being a zinc cent I doubt it but I’m glad it has a date. The date helps a lot.

 

Interesting error.

 

That one is looking a little "saddle sore"!

 

i have 2 or 3, but they are 2 very tiny strikes per coin, more like bumps..lol someday i hope to win a nice on at auction, but they usually goo sky high, once they hit 100.00 i quit bidding

 

If one of the strikes has a date you can expect the price to go up.

 

I have the Mickey Mouse..

 

That coin looks more like a head to head saddle strike to me. I say this due to the lack of squeeze flow on the smaller strike and only partially on the larger one.
If it is a double struck coin both strikes should look more like the edge of a broadstruck coin.

 

Thanks.

 

You are most welcome.
What are the chances of a double struck coin being struck twice with the exact same orientation as a head to head saddle struck coin.
You may want to resubmit that one.

 

I would like to have a Micky Mouse coin one day. Seen a few but never pulled the trigger. There are so many coins I want and the choices can be overwhelming.

 

Not all saddle strikes have humps. Still, I can't confirm it is a saddle strike. It seems to have a concave curve on the obverse and convex on the reverse. Seeing the obverse die is the anvil, normally you see the opposite effect. I am leaning 51% It is not.