1996-D Lincoln cent with a bar... What is it?

[amnight]

Hi, I'm wanting to know if anyone can tell me what caused the bar on the reverse of this coin?I don't believe it is a bubble. Here are some pics. Thanks!

[duece2seven]

I have no clue what that is but I do see the same size anomaly on the obverse under the 9 in the date. I've never seen anything like this before either?

[stoneman227]

It looks like feeder finger damage.

John

This is from our Glossary

Feeder Finger Damage: Damage in the form of scrapes to the anvil die which occur when thefeeder finger inadvertently rubs across it. On memorial cents, these die scrapes always show on the coin in a NW to SE direction and until the mid 90s, only on the reverse of coins, as the reverse die had always been the anvil die up until that point. Inverse die installation began in the mid 90s, but thus far there are no known examples of obverse feeder finger damage on Lincoln cents. On older cents, such as this 1944S wheat pictured below, these feeder finger scrapes exhibit in a N-S direction. I am currently unaware of when the angle of the feeder finger to the die was altered. That coin and photo are courtesy of forum member Roller.

[jfines69]

I agree with Stoneman!!!