2000 LMC -- Multiple Strike? Capped Die?

Many thanks for all the responses thus far -- particularly John1's link to the 1997 example, which seems quite similar to this one.

I thought I'd add a few more pics, including some from my USB microscope (which I'm still trying to get the hang of). Also including a photo of the reverse. There is a little something going on with the reverse, above the "S" in "States" and the "E" and "R" in "America", but I'm not sure.

Thanks again, everyone!

Very Nice find. Pyrbob got the correct answer first.

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John1

Very very nice

I'd like to throw this observation out to all of you folks:

Has anyone seen this shifted LIBERTY or date on any copper cents (1982 or older)?

I was actively collecting struck-thru capped die cents for many years and had, at one time, over 300 coins which I sold to another collector many years ago, keeping only a few. I am of the persuasion that this only happens with zinc cents.

I would love to see a copper example.

Shifted cap strikes do appear on copper-alloy cents and in every other denomination from 5c to 25c. I've not yet seen one in a half dollar or dollar coin, but that's probably related to the fact that capped die strikes of any kind are scarce in these issues.

Here's more information on this error type:

http://error-ref.com/shifted-cap-strike.html

Very nice find!