DWLange

It is neither a mint error nor a variety. It is a die state. The die was normal when new but was allowed to erode and continue striking coins when it should have been pulled from the press and replaced.

Your coin has strike doubling only, which is very common on the obverse of Mercury Dimes.

It's severely reduced in mass by chemical interaction of some sort. It may have been found in the ground and then harshly cleaned, but it certainly didn't leave the mint looking like that.

All history texts are woefully neglectful of numismatic information, which is a tremendous oversight. Few things affect our lives more than money, but it is completely overlooked when relating the conditions of everyday life in various time periods. Think of what Americans had to go through during the Civil War, with all coins disappearing and being replaced with stamps and then small notes that looked like stamps. The USA paper currency depreciated to half its coin value by 1864, while the CSA notes and bonds lost their value completely. You'll rarely see anything about this mentioned in books written by Civil War historians.

There is a broad range of quality in Details graded coins. The same description "Cleaned" may be assigned to a coin that's an absolute eyesore or one that is so pleasing it's hard to find any sign of cleaning. There are some really good values in Details graded coins. While they'll usually sell at a discount to numerically graded coins, they should not be dismissed altogether. For example, the 1854 $3 piece in my type set is NGC graded AU Details Cleaned, but it's among the most attractive and original examples I've seen. Others must have agreed, because it cost me well over AU money in a Heritage auction, but I was nevertheless pleased to be the winner.

It's a normal coin that moderately worn. The weight is a bit low, but the legal tolerance for clad coins is pretty broad.

The photos are not displaying for me now. Anyone else having the same problem?

The target weight for a cent of the 1864-1982 period is 48 grains or 3.11 grams. While those coins are a bit heavy they appear to be of the normal brass composition. It's possible that the strip was rolled a little too thick, which would not be unusual given the pressure of 24-hour operation and inexperienced employees that marked the war years.

bsshog40 is correct.

The essential difference is that with strike doubling the effect is unique to the specific coin, while the die itself is normal and not doubled.

The solution is always close at hand: MS: https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/lincoln-cents-wheat-reverse-1909-1958-pscid-99/1957-1c-ms-bn-coinid-12840 PF: https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/lincoln-cents-wheat-reverse-1909-1958-pscid-99/1957-1c-pf-rd-coinid-63380

Your coin is not a doubled-die. It has a touch of die erosion at its extremities, but that doesn't qualify as a variety.

Notice how the second 5 is stretched toward the rim. This is the result of die erosion, but 50-60 years ago it was marketed as the "poor man's doubled die" cent at a considerable mark-up. Worth nothing then and still holding its value...

There are good photos of all seven collectable varieties, as well as the extremely rare eighth variety certified by NGC: https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/cents/lincoln-cents-memorial-reverse-1959-2008/?page=1

First - Large, Second - Small. You can see good photos here: https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/cents/lincoln-cents-wheat-reverse-1909-1958/?page=1

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Listings for the second hairstyle commence with S-165 and go through S-188. You may try to attribute your cent here: https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/cents/draped-bust-cents-1796-1807/?page=1

NGC receives a lot of 1950s-60s cents having a chipped date or "BIE" (chipping between letters BE of LIBERTY). These are quite common for cents of those years, and NGC will not note them on the label as either varieties or mint errors.

It is from the Small Date hub adopted midway through 1982, but all 1983 cents are the same in that respect.

According to some earlier posts by Mr Lange, NGC will not grade re-plated cents. Roger that----no, I don't mean RWB.

Peter the Mint Eagle knew everything, but he took it to the grave with him.

This would have done nothing to discourage inquiries about 1804 dollars, as it includes the number of dollar coins delivered in 1804 without explaining that they bore other dates. It's likely that Mr. Crotzer did not know the truth, as was probably true for Supt. Fox, too.

Poor quality control was the U. S. Mint's norm in the 1950s. These flaws are interesting but don't add any value.

The coins all look genuine to me. In my opinion the damage entailed in removing them from the suspensions would reduce their collective value below that of the fob as it presently exists. A collector of Bust Halves would likely pay good money for its novelty value, since it's rare to find any USA coins that old on fobs.