1993 D - strike error or vice job?!

[mrmike916]

This one looks neat but I'm not sure what caused it. I was leaning towards a broadstrike, but it really dosent look like one. Maybe just a vice job? I forgot to take a pice of the rims, but they are compressed. Any ideas?

[jcuve]

It was damaged.

[Maineman750]

Agree with Jason...the flattened rims are a dead giveaway.

[Roller]

I have a 1972 similar to yours (around the rim) in much better shape soaking to get some crud off. I'm not convinced the anom around the rim (on mine at least) is PSD.

[coop]

If it is a larger diameter than a normal cent, it was squashed with a couple pieces of leather. The plating peels off them. They call them "Texas cents". If it is normal diameter then it was damaged another way. But it is PSD.

[jallengomez]

Road rash. You can find these in parking lots everywhere.

[mrmike916]

What's I gant get over is the lettering. How would the inside area become incuse, and the edges still raised. You would think that they would be smashed to the same thickness. Is this maybe just because the composition of the memorial cent?

http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p611/m4i2k0e916/4D32BA15-CCB1-4C67-A951-BEC0A60313F6.jpg (http://s1158.photobucket.com/user/m4i2k0e916/media/4D32BA15-CCB1-4C67-A951-BEC0A60313F6.jpg.html)

[jcuve]

I have said it before, and will say it again, Mint errors have to be understood as errors through the minting process. Just because something that was damaged cannot be fully explained, doesn't mean it is an error instead. From what I see I cannot explain it as an error from the Mint. I'm not sure why the letters on the reverse have that specific characteristic from being somehow smashed, but they do look squished. And the rims shouldn't look like they do as already noted.

[mrmike916]

Thanks to evryone for your response. It definetly would be easyier for me if I were to learn and understand the minting process more, but back in the pile it goes!