this is what is called a interior die chip.
this coin was struck with grease , metal shavings , dust and all kinds of debris mixed together and built up on the dies. this is a common thing...
looks like a minor die clash
It looks like the coin is from clashed dies which I believe is fairely common on the half dimes
It's not a extra I , this is either a die gouge or a blister under the copper plating.
this is definately just a normal 1993 close AM cent. it's not even close to being a wide AM .
probably not worth a lot but I would keep it anyway.
yes struck thru grease is what error folks calls this . the two letters of the word states was filled in on the die that struck this coin.
the letters and date are wider because of heavy use , they got flattened down making them spread out wider
this is a retained die chip . a small chip was getting ready to fall off the die . when this chip falls out then there will be a nice die chip in...
non cents I think in the post you replied to the CT member was asking about the 1995 D doubled die . I only saw one on ebay and here is a link to...
looks like it has a lot of damage plus environmental damage.
I was referring to all the letters on the dollar coin not just the S .
jay if someone did this with a dremmel tool and ground off this much metal the thin copper plating would have been gone. nice find
Chris almost every error coin expert I have talked to about this believe the extra letters got on the coins edges during the edge lettering...
dt when it comes to whether a extra letter is backwards or not on the new dollars I think this would be determined by which way the donor coin was...
I found a good article on the extra edge letters , read this is maybe it will answer your question....
this is a well known anomaly for the presidential dollars . two coins bumped together really hard and the incuse letters on the edge made raised...
this looks like one of the types of MD and not a doubled die
The poor old die that struck this coin sure was beat and banged up . LOL
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