I think that machine was a vise and it was squeezed against another coin.
Oops!!
Yep, or something else.
jonnybuck WELCOME :hail: to the forum. Your coins color looks normal for a 1943 zinc plated steel cent. The letters look like post mint damage.
Definitely has a bubble in it, looks like it got exposed to some heat. A little air, a little heat and what do you get? expansion
Some people like them but generally they don't add any value to the coin.
Maybe it was coated with something. Like mercury?
Of course, it sounds interesting. It's probably no more than post mint damage, but still interesting to look at.
It's because that kind of doubling is considered to be damage, not the doubled die. This was supposed to be a reply to post # 1830, "I can find...
Great find sweat wheatz. Here's my latest find with help from another member; It's a 1955D-1DO-001 [IMG]
That's another coin, not the OP's coin.
Better yet, what is that below the D?
What happened to your coin is that it was struck with a filled die, whether it be grease or whatever, the die was filled. I would say they have no...
Do you mean like a RPM? (repunched mint mark)
Yep there is and also something to the right and as a matter of fact their everywhere. OK, I'm just playing with you. I don't think there is...
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