1968-D Cent -- Extremely Strange Doubling (And More!)

Mr. Black, without clearer images that are closer it makes it difficult for any of us to help you better. The commentary does help but there is nothing like clear pics for us to see what you're seeing. I hope it's a one in a million cent but won't be able to give you an assessment until closer, clearer images are available.

If the UNUM is incused and appears backwards the it could have been a vise job.

Don't worry about posting your questions here, we're here to help, just please remember that many people on here have many decades of experience with errors, some with specific expertise in Lincoln Cent errors and varieties. It's very frustrating when someone comes on to the forum convinced that they have something special when in reality it's just another damaged coin, and when they hear the bad news, they dig in and refuse to believe it isn't an error. It happens much more often than you might think(usually daily).

As for your coin, I'm going to tell you what you dont want to hear, it does look like it's PMD. Error-ref.com is a great site to learn about the types of errors that are possible, heres their entry on feeder finger strike through's: http://www.error-ref.com/stk_thru_feeder_finger/ Looks quite different from yours correct? In almost every case of a strike through you aren't going to see the rim get misshapen and distended like your coin because the collar die holds everything in place. the only exception would be if it were struck through something large enough to block the collar die, but that would have a massive impact on the coin's shape as you can see from the link I provided.

Your second concern may be something, but we're going to need better pictures to determine what it could be, I can tell you it probably isn't a DDR, because something as dramatic as what you're describing and what I think I see would have been almost certainly already been discovered.

I've already looked at their photos, but IIRC, the Mint switched to aluminum feeder fingers after this coin was minted, and depending on how the planchet slips/slides during insertion, the "oops" can result in a variety of artifacts, n'est-ce pas?

Striking errors are very blatant and can be categorized. That is a PostStrikeDamage
http://www.error-ref.com/?s=feeder+error
http://www.error-ref.com/edge_strike/

Especially a close-up of the UNUM area.



to the CCF!

Interested in seeing the UNUM clearly on the reverse. Currently to dark and grainy when I zoom in.

Maybe damage or maybe not. I'll hold that assessment until I can clearly see whats going on there. If it mimics UNUM exactly a few potential errors come to mind, but only one might fit here. Drop fillings do occur from time to time.

What I make out on the rim and edge seems to be PSD or occurred after strike and when some damage is known to be present, then its easy in some accounts to presume all is the case. Thanks, Doug.