2008 Mint Error Penny?

to CCF. Not a mint error in my opinion. Early stage Dryer Coin? Former Encased Coin? Some sort of PMD.
John1

to the CCF!

Yes, not a mint error. Post strike damage of a blunt force nature--at a minimum. May have been the result of a poorly executed encasing effort.

Thanks for everyone's responses. I am still trying to learn after many years. If you don't mind answering a few more questions I would appreciate it.

If it was post mint why it is indented in middle of the letters in cent. Also why America appears doubled. A side note this is not where the coin exhibits major indentation.

What is able to produce this kind of damage?

The zinc is soft, so any contact to the devices by something harder will dent it in. Again just something some cents go through when they are abused. Not a mint error, just like cars with a dented fender, are not a factory error. They were damaged out on the highways of life. Just like damaged coins are damaged by the experiences of their life.

Well that is Machine Doubling, which is hit with the force of the die, after the strike. Not hub doubling, but machine damage to those devices.

A doubled die has the doubling on the die caused by the hub process that was incorrect during the creation of the die. All coins struck with the die will have the same doubling. Thus they are give die numbers.

On Machine Doubling, the die is/isn't normal. (Even doubled dies can have Machine Doubling. They are still doubled die, but they have Machine Doubling on them) After the strike if the machine swings just a bit, the machine damages the devices. From strike to strike these can be different. So the die is normal/hub doubled, but the machine is what damages the coin tight after the strike. So these are not doubled die, but Machine Doubling that alter the devices after the strike. These are never number and they are quite common compared with a double die.

Well the encased ones in the holders, damage the outside ring on the rim area:

They are pressed into the holders, that damages the coin. So best to leave them in the holders (regardless of how nice they look) but when you take them out, the pressing into the older damages the coin every time. Leave them be, they are worth more in the holder than for just a damaged coin.