Hinkle Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 The way it looks it kinda repunched horizontal. Or does something like this has to look more doubling, going other directions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawk Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Hey Hinkle, Since your coin is a 1996-D, this response I posted to another inquiry applies here as well: Ah, I see. Well, I can tell you that your coin is definitely not a repunched mint mark. Beginning in 1991 for cents and 1990 for other denominations, the mint mark is a feature of the master die. They are no longer punched into the working dies by hand. Therefore, a repunched mint mark is impossible on a 2008-D cent. From what I can tell, you have a regular 2008-D cent worth face value. I hope this helps! ~Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKK Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) Mohawk's right, but I can see why the question arose. It definitely has shelving here and there, and I'm not sure how it was caused--especially the sort of diagonal part in the interior of the D. One good learning point is that this photo shows the flow lines rather well. Mostly like spokes on a bicycle wheel, radiating out from the center--those are what we look for on an original surface. Edited February 23, 2019 by JKK addendum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawk Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 1 hour ago, JKK said: Mohawk's right, but I can see why the question arose. It definitely has shelving here and there, and I'm not sure how it was caused--especially the sort of diagonal part in the interior of the D. One good learning point is that this photo shows the flow lines rather well. Mostly like spokes on a bicycle wheel, radiating out from the center--those are what we look for on an original surface. I should have mentioned that I can see why it arose, too. Hinkle, unlike the 2008-D Lincoln Cent I originally posted that reply to, your coin actually does look like it could have and RPM going on. If I didn't know that such an occurrence was impossible on a 1996 dated coin, I would have honestly thought that something like that was the cause of what we're seeing. As for a guess as to the cause of your coin, I'm going to guess machine doubling due to the shelving that JKK mentions. When shelving occurs, machine doubling is a common cause of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
