1982 D Large Date Penny What Are The Lines On Both Sides Of The Cent And Why Are The Letters Stretch

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prisbrey1 Pillar of the Community United States 936 Posts	Posted 09/18/2022 6:37 pm on my 1982 D large date cent what are the lines or streaks I guess and why are just the tops of the letters stretched and only effects the east and west sides of the cent and is it worth keeping Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/18/2022 6:46 pm These are called "roller lines" and will gradually disappear as the coin wears. Report this Post to the Staff
prisbrey1 Pillar of the Community United States 936 Posts	Posted 09/18/2022 7:02 pm alright thanks coinfrog and why are just the top end of the letters stretched and only the east and west side of the cent and not the north and south sides Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34430 Posts	Posted 09/18/2022 7:28 pm @pris, looks to me like the outward distortion of the letters is from a tired die being used to strike this cent. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21644 Posts	Posted 09/18/2022 8:23 pm The term for the letters is Die Deterioration. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/19/2022 1:09 pm The die that struck your coin is showing it age. (Long in the tooth) The devices are moving towards the rim. (So it looks like this year had the Multi hub reverse dies) Seeing the devices move towards the rim, tells me that it is still the older die process. No cut off date on when the change over happened. So I'm figuring they didn't all switch at the the same time. Possible Obverse and Reverse change over happened at different times. (Or both processes were used the same years. They probably wanted to use up the already created dies first before changing to the new single squeeze dies? (I'm just reverse engineering this as I go) Report this Post to the Staff
prisbrey1 Pillar of the Community United States 936 Posts	Posted 09/20/2022 08:54 am i appreciate all your help so thank you am starting to understand how it all works but I have a long long ways to go yet and I have a lot more questions as I'm learning so you guys are stuck with me for a while longer lol Report this Post to the Staff
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