Yup, counter stamp. It was put there after leaving the mint. It's damage. If you look at the reverse, you'll see a flattening from the hammer blow...
In the sense that it was struck by two dies, yes, it's a double die. It's not a doubled die though.
I did. It looks like it says MS64.
Not a lamination. Not a mint error. It's half of a magician's coin. It was hollowed to accept another coin face, probably a dime. From the number...
It's IGC. Easily seen on the reverse image of the slab, just enlarge it. [IMG] Not a very good job of hiding the info.
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Yes.
With 1,028,622,762 minted, I'd have to say yes, they're pretty common.
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It's a Lincoln penny that's been in a clothes dryer for a few too many spins.
It's from the longest run of star notes. Circulation production, star notes in that series: Begin serial End serial Type Length Run A 000 00001...
Got a picture? It would help.
I wrote before seeing the reverse. I changed my mind. It's PMD.
I'd say a deteriorated die that's been clashed.
That's not missing it's clad layers, it's suffering from storage in a bad environment. Take a look at the edge of the coin.
A valid argument. I hadn't thought of it that way.
Why? You wanted the item. You decided on a price that you were willing to pay for the item. Someone out bid you. The high bidder couldn't, or...
Here on CT, it seems that the OPs situation is always caused by shill bidding. As an occasional eBay seller, it's happened to me on a few...
That line is in the die. It's what happens when a die is overused.
Slightly misaligned die. IMO, it's a spender.
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