Shadowing. From the die or just machine junk? Or does it depend?

Here is a 1995 D cent:

You can see pretty clearly a shadow to the right of the 5 (and a bit less on the 9's)

I've seen other coins with similar. I'm suspecting this is junk. Yes, no, depends?

As always, thanks for entertaining my posts!

 

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Yes, junk. Or in other words not collectible. Plating split doubling. Very common with the 90's zincolns.

Check out Ken Potter's site for a list of non-collectible types of doubling:

http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/OtherFormsOfDoubling.htm

 

Nice link, thanks!

 

The correct term for this is DDD (Die Deterioration Doubling), it is common and considered damage, not an error or variety.