Damage.
It is indeed a small date, and what you are seeing on the rim is a rim cud.
It was either polished off with heavy abrasion(which happened a lot in 1983) or it was grease filled. For the novelty of it I've seen these sale...
That's a very common area for die chips. As those dies aged, the entire upper portion of the 9 would often become filled.
You should contact BJ Neff at cuds-on-coins.com about this one. I'm sure he would like to list it, and he would be able to use your photos. Nice...
That is an example of die-deterioration doubling and this is the most famous example. This is very common on 1955 cents, but through the years...
It's a clash.
Maybe Mike Diamond will chime in on this one. It looks like it was struck through a split or torn die cap. Whatever it was struck through, it's a...
That was a nice cherry-pick. A lot is going to depend on the grade. Regardless though you did well.
Small date.
I"m with Larry. I'm doubtful now that I've seen the second group of photos.
No, that is not a DDO.
Kennedy doubled dies are fairly common, but most are minor.
That's the spirit! :)
Looks like a doubled die. Probably a class 6.
What's that you say Green? You're drinking some Long Islands this evening?
It's a lamination error. http://www.error-ref.com/laminations-in-clad-coins/
A doubled die occurs when the die itself is doubled during the creation of the die. Here's another link- http://www.doubleddie.com/58222.html
Yes, MD is very common.
What you are seeing is something called MD, or machine doubling. It is not a doubled die. You can read about machine doubling here-...
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