1935 Cent DDO + Letter Oddities

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Had to do a double take on this one. Reference here:

https://coppercoins.com/lincoln/die...ie_state=eds


What you have is MD that mimics this DD in direction of movement only. The letters are damaged along the bottom, took a glancing blow even movit the last T into a pileup. Its not a doubled die for these reasons. The devices(letters) are reduced from a normal size, this shows die "movement" not die "production". Not also the E of WE has no effect on upright or lower bar.

MD is a very common occurrence on coins it happens during the strike, like pounding a nail, the hammer bounces, so do dies, a/slight rotational bounce causes this. A doubled die is made in the hubbing process of die formation, that is why the same coin can be replicated time and time uagain, until that die wears out and is replaced with another. Use these resources for study and comparison:
http://www.coppercoins.com
http://www.varietyvista.com
http://www.doubled die.com
http://www.error-ref.com

The damage on the reverse could be caused by a coin counter, coin roll wrapper or by a coin vending machine. I'm leaning more towards a vending machine damage issue. (old gumball machines used back then)

Good input, learned something here.

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