1988 Penny DDO /Ddr, Off- Center Strike, Spiked Head Obverse Die Crack, Double Clipped Planch

Excellent double clip! Blakesley effect is strong opposite both locations.

It does appear to be a Spike head, though I'm not seeing an off-center strike, very mild if so.

I don't see any obvious doubling of the ear, so would need closeups of the date to really check. There aren't any 1988 DDR's, I believe. If you're referring to the designer's initials "FG", that spot looks like DDD to me.

Too bad it circulated so long! I can't guess on value given the condition.

Very cool double clip Spike head

Hey mintednotprinted, appreciate your response. I could very well be wrong, fairly new to collecting. The ear doubling is faint and I apologize these pics are not the best. I snapped a pic of the initials to show unfortunately this wasnt a rdv-006 .

Me too. On ebay, you'll see tons of coins that are damaged and are not errors from either ignorant sellers or from scammers. You can get genuine error coins on ebay. You just have to be careful and weed through the junk listings and know about how the minting process works. Once you know how the minting process works, you can spot genuine error coins apart from just damaged coins. I'm glad to help. Anytime.

I hope you'll continue to post more coins on CCF. I really enjoyed this coin. It's pretty cool how it circulated for so long before being noticed and pulled from circulation.