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Based on the relatively poor-quality photos, Uncirculated Details. The coin has likely been "cleaned" or polished.

It really is better to ask a specific question about a coin rather than ask if we can tell you anything about it. I'll just add that the coin appears to be in About Uncirculated condition. This month's Coin World Values lists a 1946 Lincoln cent grading AU 58 at all of 25 cents, but, as others have indicated, it's still a decent coin for a new or casual collector's album or folder.

Welcome to the NGC chat board. If possible, please try to provide clearer images of both sides of the coin, cropped like this to eliminate the surrounding surface: Based on the current image, the raised area above the "O" in "DOLLAR" appears to be from a die chip, which is regarded as a product of normal die wear or a quality control issue rather than a mint error. Coins with die chips are sometimes collected by new or casual collectors as novelties but generally aren't worth much if any premium and aren't attributed as mint errors by third-party grading services such as NGC. To attempt to answer your question, a nick or other mark on a coin from bag storage or circulation would be mostly a depressed area of disturbed metal, with some raised displaced metal at its edges. The topic of mint errors is an advanced one that requires more basic knowledge about coins and especially knowledge of how they are made. There are many different kinds of mint errors that differ widely in appearance and even more kinds of damage that a coin can suffer after it is struck. It is extremely unusual to find any significant error coin in circulation. If you are a new collector who wants to know more about U.S. coins and how to collect them, please so inform us so that we can direct you to appropriate basic resources. For some introductory information about mint errors, please see the following: Learn Grading: What Is a Mint Error? — Part 1 | NGC (ngccoin.com) Learn Grading: What Is a Mint Error? — Part 2 | NGC (ngccoin.com) Learn Grading: What Is a Mint Error? — Part 3 | NGC (ngccoin.com) Learn Grading: What Is a Mint Error? — Part 4 | NGC (ngccoin.com) The site error-ref.com provides more comprehensive information about mint errors.

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The "Features" column of the Numista page to which you provided a link indicates that the normal "Orientation" of this issue is "coin alignment", meaning that the dies are supposed to be aligned 180 degrees apart as you describe. Coin alignment, also known as "coin turn", is standard for U.S. coins, but most coins of other countries are struck in "medallic alignment", also known as "medal turn", in which when one side is facing up, so is the other. (However, when you flip over a coin struck in coin alignment instead of rotating it between your thumb and forefinger, each side will be at the same angle.) U.S. coins that were mistakenly struck in medallic alignment or other significant deviations from coin alignment are considered mint errors and may be worth a premium as such. See Mint Error Coin Chronicles: Rotated Dies Error | NGC (ngccoin.com).

@Denny Crane--Welcome to the NGC chat board. Please start a new topic when you want to discuss a coin different from the one posted by the topic author. Additionally, please post clear, cropped images of each full side of the coin, not just a close-up. Your post doesn't indicate what denomination or type of coin you want to discuss. For the record, although the topic title refers to a 1966 dime, the coin whose images were posted is a 1996-D.

To learn how to distinguish coins struck from doubled dies from coins exhibiting strike doubling (a.k.a. machine or mechanical doubling) or die deterioration doubling, see the following: Double Dies vs. Machine Doubling | NGC (ngccoin.com) https://www.doubleddie.com/144801.html and links at the bottom of the page.

1920 Pilgrim Tercentenary commemorative half dollar, NGC graded MS 65:

I appear to have been mistaken, but I tried enlarging the area of the "A" and "M" on the original photo and could see no separation at the bottom of the letters before the image became too pixilated. I have no difficulty telling the difference in the "AM" on the actual coins under normal magnification. I can barely see that the "G" in "FG" has a crossbar and slightly more pronounced serif. This post demonstrates the limitations of photos as opposed to viewing actual coins.

If you're just using this low value coin to learn how to grade Lincoln cents, yours is a legitimate question. I would grade the coin Choice About Uncirculated (55-58) by current standards in terms of details. It has "rub" and slight loss of details on the highest points of Lincoln's cheek, jaw, and hair and the base of the Lincoln Memorial. Much of the mint luster ("red" or brown) is present. Based on the photos, it doesn't appear to me to have been plated or otherwise altered or impaired, but it does have a number of small marks and abrasions that are consistent with a coin that has probably frequently in contact with other coins and hard objects. If you're trying to collect Lincoln cents by date and mint, I would try to obtain a better example.

Your topic will likely receive more attention in the "Newbie Coin Collecting Questions" forum, to which the Administrator will likely move it during the week. You should provide images directly from your computer, not shots of your computer screen, which are too fuzzy. You should provide images of each full side of the coin, as well as pertinent closeups. From what I can see, there appears to be strike doubling (a.k.a. machine or mechanical doubling) north of the letters in "AMERICA", not evidence of a doubled die. See Double Dies vs. Machine Doubling | NGC (ngccoin.com). If you aren't able to provide better images, you may want to check such sites as doubleddie.com and varietyvista.com to see if there are any known minor doubled die reverse varieties of 1996 cents that are a match.

This coin has been damaged by acid, resulting in its rough and discolored surfaces and the excessive loss of metal at its core. If you thought the coin was collectable, you shouldn't have been holding it with your bare hands, except by its edges if you must. Skin oils can also be quite detrimental.

The coin is a close AM, not a wide AM. The "A" and "M" nearly touch at the bottom. The letters are farther apart on the wide AM, as shown on this NGC VarietyPlus photo: As for the grade, the coin appears to have too many nicks and spots to grade MS 67. MS 65, which in my opinion shouldn't be considered a "Gem" grade anymore, is a more reasonable assessment.

1929-D Lincoln cent in an old green bordered label PCI holder graded MS 65 Red & Brown. The grade seems reasonable.

1923-S Monroe Doctrine commemorative half dollar, PCGS graded MS 64: Photos courtesy of Stacks Bowers Galleries.

Absolutely not! The NGC Price Guide lists a 1978-S dime in PF 69 UCAM, the highest grade you could realistically hope to receive, at $25. The current CPG Coin & Currency Market Review lists them only at $14 even in PF 70! The minimum grading fee alone would be $19 (modern coin tier), plus the $10 per order processing fee, minimum $28 per order return shipping fee, and your cost of shipping the coin to NGC. If you meant to say that you want to try to get NGC to attribute this coin as an S over D overmintmark variety (additional $18 VarietyPlus fee), please be advised that NGC generally does not attribute varieties not listed on VarietyPlus, which this purported unknown variety isn't. Although an exception would likely be made for a major discovery, it's fairly certain even from the photo you have provided that this coin isn't an overmintmark, which would look something like that on this 1954-S, S over D nickel (from VarietyPlus): If you want to try to provide better photos, (1) illuminate the coin using a lamp from the side instead of the overhead LEDs on your phone to reduce the glare and (2) if your phone is your only camera, save the images on your computer and post directly from your computer, not from photos of your screen. It's always somewhat difficult to image proof coins and coins in plastic holders.

Please see the following links to learn how to distinguish between coins struck from doubled dies, which may be worth a premium, and coins exhibiting strike doubling, a.k.a. machine or mechanical doubling and other forms of doubling which are of no value: Double Dies vs. Machine Doubling | NGC (ngccoin.com) https://www.doubleddie.com/144801.html and links at the bottom of the page.

Mintmarks were punched by hand into coinage dies until the early 1990s. They can vary in style as well as in position.

Welcome to the NGC chat board. Sorry, but I don't think that this is an "S over D", a variety not known to exist on a 1978-S proof dime. It appears to be the normal blobby "S" mintmark that resulted from a worn mintmark punch, as is commonly seen on proof and other "S" mintmark coins of the mid to late 1970s. The deterioration of the punch led to the introduction of the thinner "type 2" "S" mintmark in 1979. If you still think that this is an overmintmark variety, please provide a better, less brightly lit image from your computer itself, not a screenshot. It is preferable to provide cropped images of each full side of the coin, as well as pertinent close-ups.

1925 Fort Vancouver commemorative half dollar, PCGS graded MS 64:

As there are no pre-1793 U.S. coins listed under VarietyPlus, this piece would not be attributable as a variety. Clash marks usually aren't classified as a mint error but are regarded as a "die state". This Fugio copper was also struck somewhat off-center, so it is possible that it could receive a "mint error" designation if that service were requested, but I wouldn't count on it. The main rationale for submitting this piece to a grading service would be to authenticate it and determine that it has not been altered. The clash marks are obvious, and shouldn't need to be stated on a grading service label.

1946-S Lincoln cent, PCGS graded MS 66 RD:

Welcome to the NGC chat board. Please note that the Coin Marketplace forum is devoted to offers to sell or buy coins in accordance with the Guidelines posted at the top of the forum, not for questions about coins. Such topics are welcome on the "Newbie Coin Collecting Questions" forum or the "U.S., World and Ancient Coins" forum, where they should receive better attention. I have requested the Moderator to move this topic. It would also be helpful for you to post better-cropped photos of both sides of the coin. The missing details on this coin likely resulted from the reverse die from which it was struck being overpolished or filled with foreign matter. These sorts of anomalies can be interesting but usually don't make the coin worth much of a premium. I strongly recommend that you don't touch a coin that you want to preserve with your bare hands, except by its edge if you must. Presidential dollars, which are largely composed of copper, zinc and manganese, are particularly susceptible to discoloration and spotting from exposure to skin oils.

This 1942 Walking Liberty half dollar appears to be a proof, not a circulation strike. Based upon the photos, I would estimate the grade as PF 65-66.

True, but an 1882-CC could still be worth $150 or so.