Weird error

[dfxer]

Test to try pic. What do you guys make of this

 

[mlayers]

a double D

 

[Moonshadow]

Weird indeed....I just dunno Cool find though!

HH,
Moon

 

[Slipperyjack47]

1940 D penny that had part of the last digit missing due to dirt or foriegn material in the die. Nice error coin!




HH
Slipperyjack47

 

[dfxer]

Dirt in the die might be it but the center of the 0 is also distorted, almost seams like the die was damaged. I decided to try and fill as much of a penny book as I can because my grandaughter at nine years old is expressing interest detecting and was interested in the book of pennies. This is the only reason I paid attention to this coin now going through my finds and pocket change.

 

[Jeffro]

This looks like after mint damage to me. Sometimes characters on a coin can be struck obliquely and "pushed". Thats just how they look right there.

 

[DigginThePast]

This looks like after mint damage to me. Sometimes characters on a coin can be struck obliquely and "pushed". Thats just how they look right there.

I agree. If you look at the field of the coin, to the right of the zero from 2 o'clock to 6 o'clock, there appears to be damage in the field. A straight line, kinda like a small screwdriver struck it and caused the damage to the zero. I'd hang onto it anyway, I'd hate to hear about a new error variety that I had just spent.

 

[stitchlips]

a double D

Not the Double D I was thinking about.

 

[Nick A]

This looks like after mint damage to me. Sometimes characters on a coin can be struck obliquely and "pushed". Thats just how they look right there.

I agree. If you look at the field of the coin, to the right of the zero from 2 o'clock to 6 o'clock, there appears to be damage in the field. A straight line, kinda like a small screwdriver struck it and caused the damage to the zero. I'd hang onto it anyway, I'd hate to hear about a new error variety that I had just spent.

A third vote for post-mint damage, not a mint error.

 

[spartacus53]

It looks like it was struck with a screwdriver, as I can see the dark spot to the right of the 0 that also looks like a small depression. That shaded area is far more pronounced than anywhere else on the coin

 

[Johnny Ringo Silver]

I'm steering away from the skeptics and saying keep it until you can get a professionals eyes on it.
It just seems like it would be difficult to "push" the 0 over without any more evidence of it being tampered with. Odd coins like these appear from time to time with little explanation. 8)

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

I have collected error coins for many years, and can say with certainty that coin has post mint damage. Good eye though.