common unknown cherrypickin' finds

[Bri]

I keep finding examples of these coins while searching through lincoln pennies: Example 1 is a 1987-D. The other is extreme wear/scratches on the "United States of America on reverse. Not sure if it is die fatigue or filled die errors which are too numerous to be. Please shed some light.

[jcuve]

The first is called either Plating Split Doubling or Split Line Doubling which amounts to the copper after have been stretched too thin, splits along the sharply struck edge of the MM exposing the zinc.

The second is probably a small amount of grease on the die around STATES of.

[koinmon]

LOOKS LIKE THE ZINC CORE IS EXPOSED.
George

[badredbrd89]

I seem to run into example number 1 all the time. I usually just put them into the recycle bin.

-Chris

[Darylscoins]

1958 D REVERSE 1 IN DATE DOUBLING igwt

I HAVE HAD THIS COIN FOR YRS TRYING TO FIND THE ANSWER TO HOW THIS IS ... I TOOOK THIS TO THE FUN SHOW ON 07 3 DIFFERENT PEOPLE SAW IT ... ALL CAME WITH SAME ANSWER... ( don"t know!)
HELP ON THIS ONE PLEASE!!

[jcuve]

I HAVE HAD THIS COIN FOR YRS TRYING TO FIND THE ANSWER TO HOW THIS IS ... I TOOOK THIS TO THE FUN SHOW ON 07 3 DIFFERENT PEOPLE SAW IT ... ALL CAME WITH SAME ANSWER... ( don"t know!)
HELP ON THIS ONE PLEASE!!

It's combination of Machine Doubling and a die chip on the 1. I have two of these that LCR member Colleen (Shameless) sent me as I have been studying Machine Doubling. It so happens I have shot them and was posting the pictures in my "Machine Doubling" thread HERE.

Now it also happens that on page 342 of The Error Coin Encyclopedia 4th edition (Margolis & Weinberg 2004) they show a coin from the same die and say it is sometimes called "[a] r958D cent" as the 1 looks like a lower case r. BTW I don't think this coin carries any premium.

[Darylscoins]

thank you! Jason I just love strange look coins and sharing with all of us error freaks!
thanks again, I did here they use to call it the REVERSE R58

[trails]

Hi Darlyscoins,
Hmmm, at the FUN show. If you had brought it to the CONECA table, I could have told you what it was. I do verbal attributions on error and variety coins at the FUN shows as well as the Central Florida Coin Club shows.

if you happen to be at either show, stop on by and say hello.

BJ Neff

[scully]

I saw the exact same thing every so often on 86 Ds. Makes sense to me.

[simonm]

Darylscoins: I have the same 1958 chip with the machine doubling, and before I join LCR, I had no idea what it was. Since browsing the forums and posts, I had learned it was a die chip with MD. Thanks for sharing the great coin.