Because 99.99999999999999999999999999% of the time it isn't anything else :)
Like Chris said, it is most likely MD. Try taking pictures of your coin head on. It makes it much easier to see what is going on than when they...
Not a doubled die. Sorry, keep looking. FYI - This is a great resource for looking up different cent varieties: http://coppercoins.com/advsearch.php
[IMG] For your "benefit" :)
Lamination
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Franklin halves weren't minted in 1988??? Do you mean Kennedy half?
Great start to the year! I went to pick up my weekly order and Loomis forgot to bring it.
You always have the best coin star finds.
Those "layers or tiers" are classic machine doubling. Flat and shelf-like. My Avatar is a 1972 DDO #1. Notice that there are no "layers or...
MD
Yours looks like CU-1c-ND-24(19XX/Zn) http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-cuds-no-date/
The letters look fuzzy...dunno how else to describe it...the 99 reverses usually have crisper lettering.
It doesn't look like a 99 reverse to me. Nice CUD though :)
I can't tell from your pictures since they are kinda far away but the missing "US" is probably a grease filled die. As for the paint...you'd be...
A slight bit of MD.
Looks flat and shelf-like to me.
Nope.
Not all of them are 90% either. There is 10%, 40%, 90%, and 92.5% also.
I also see a very faint 7.
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