It's struck from worn or overused dies. Very very common on modern dimes and quarters, mostly....
Both are slightly damaged, and are not errors. The 1966 Quarter has those lines on it from a counting machine; The back of the Wyoming quarter...
Damaged
Its damaged, and is not a Mint Error coin of any type.
Yes and Yes (die chip and worn die) This photo is actually a great example of what is called here die deterioration, worn die, overused die....
New Collector Rick - sounds like either a worn or overused die, which is the same as die deterioration.
I think you might be confusing your coin with the 1995-P Doubled Die. Your coin is from Denver - and the doubling you see in the date is probably...
Yes, I should have said balsa wood or leather
Not if a piece of Balsa wood was between the vice and the coin. .....that's how it's done.
It's a "Texas Cent"...... The coin has had the copper plating removed, and it was also pressed in a vise or something similar, to enlarge it;...
If it were on Ebay, it would sell for $125-$150, or thereabouts.
Not the best photos, but the flattened design/letters is from the coin being 'smashed' against another object. It's not an error, I'm sorry to say.
It looks like a nice Double Strike ( I couldn't enlarge it enough to see a third strike). They are scarce, but not rare. There's no mintmark...
environmental damage/corrosion
PMD - there's a 'hit' from something there; it's not a struck thru.
It's known as a Collar Clash - The obv. die was slightly mis-aligned
PMD
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