1966 Lincoln -- Off Center?

I'm going to guess here the hammer die was seriously misaligned, and if that's so--not many of these would be run before it was discovered? But-- I'll be interested to hear what the experts say!

Note: you can also see how one side of the coin is noticeably thicker than the opposite edge.

It's not off-center. That would be a coin struck out of collar, and would be equally off-center on the obverse and reverse.

Since the reverse is indicated as normal in the original post, this would be a severely misaligned die strike, which would add quite a bit of value to the coin. Exactly how much I cannot say because I don't know, but I do know it is very scarce to rare and warrants further investigation.

They are only affected on the obverse because the reverse has to come within the striking cylinder (the collar) to strike the coin. It is part of the anvil. It cannot be misaligned and strike a coin.

The 1966 cent shown would have additional value because technically some of the last digit is missing. This coin is almost as far out of whack as a misaligned obverse die can get.

Minor misaligned dies are very common, ones as far off as the 1966 are less common. Detail being right to the edge as described in one of the posts doesn't ad value to the coin. Detail has o be missing for a misaligned die strike to have anything more than educational value.

Thanks,
Bill