1995 Cent. Billy amd Others I need help! (Large image)

[Bruceswar]

Here we have the back side of a 1995 Cent. I have had this for some time, but just pulled it out. It was marked Double Die Reverse which as you can see its not. But whats going on here? Help Anybody?

 

 

[zrlevin]

It looks like the E in Cent may be doubled at the top.

[Bruceswar]

So what about all the other stuff going on with the coin.. I don'r see the "E' as doubled

[James_OldeTowne]

It could be a strike-through, perhaps a very thing circle of some sort of material. But more likely, the planchet was defective. The parallel lines could be an artifiact from when the strip of coin metal was being planed down to proper thickness, and it got overly planed in that spot, or something like that. Fairly cool, and possibly worthy of a small premium.

 

James

[Bruceswar]

Thanks for the opinions

[zrlevin]

It might just be glare...

 

[Bruceswar]

I just don't see it in hand... must be the photo

[Bruceswar]

ttt

[cpm9ball]

Is it possible that another coin was stuck in the striking chamber and it resulted in this strike-through, reverse to reverse? It looks an awful lot like the steps and the roof of the Memorial rotated and misaligned slightly. Where is Billy!

 

Chris

[Bruceswar]

I was wondering where Billy is myself... its an older thread.. but a ttt might get him to look at it

[WAVYSTEPS2003-migration]

From looking at your photo, it appears that the E of ONE and the C of CENT have been effected by these parallel lines. This would be an indicator that it was more than likely a strike thru of some kind. Normally, if the planchet had these lines before the strike, the strike itself would tend to flatten and obliterate them, especially on the lettering. Then again, you should see some of this effect on the bottom stairs also, which I don't, so that throws it back into a possible planchet defect. Either way, it is not a doubled die, however, it is a neat interesting effect.

 

WAVYSTEPS2003

[Bruceswar]

Thanks More opinions the better

[Murphy-migration]

I find doubling of all the letters around the reverse rim literally on a daily basis. 99 times out of 100 it is nothing more than strike doubling, as seen in the following pictures:

[Die Varieties]

I'm coming up with possibly feeder-finger problem or planchet defect.

[cpm9ball]

From that last pic Murph posted, it looks like the Mint was experimenting with a scalloped-edge, sheet coin.

 

Chris