1999-P Broadstrike/Multi Struck Cent

I fail to see the multi-strike. Where is it? Also, I have many 1999 B/S like this. For me, this was a last year I had off centers and Broadstrikes coming in by the hundreds so I kept the cream of the crop for that year and the other mixed dates that came in about that time (90% from the late 1990s). I was getting them for less than a $1 each so I'm glad I kept the best of the best. I'll probably pass them on to my daughter. They are still not worth enough for me to dig out of my safe to retail. I think these coins will continue to go up in value.

Your right side light was a *tiny* bit wrong-angled for shooting through a slab and got some reflection into the lens on the reverse images. The fix is trivial. Happened only on the one side because of the difference in angle of the surface being shot, possibly. Physical locations of lighting and exposures can change between faces; this is true of Morgans to an extent.

Given the Zlincoln habit of sliding the cladding around, could it possibly be the planchet itself shifting out from under the clad during a single strike?

Very nice coin! I disagree with multistruck. SsuperDdave has a great point.

No. I don't see that stuff as an active process of any sort, and the grade isn't likely to be a large selling point to a prospective buyer down the road. It's a near-perfect centered Broadstrike, fer cryin' out loud.

Your bigger fear, especially since the cladding is broken, is the zinc doing what zinc does. This is a Zlincoln which needs to be preserved for the ages, and it's already bubbling and corroding in places. Me, I'd be shooting the heck out of it so there's enough images to offer whatever view necessary down the road, and then that thing goes permanently (well, occasional display won't hurt) into something extremely airtight and dessicant-equipped, away from sun. I won't suggest how many layers, because I'm obsessive.

The doubling around the profile is common on the zincs when the image spreads this much. It's not from multiple strikes and I see nothing here to suggest it as being such. I would not conserve. Not worth the money and the coin is already very nice.

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