is this a error coin ?

dank909

Oldhoopster

Sorry, but it's not an error. It was damaged after it left the mint.

Oldhoopster

The minting and die making process is well understood and documented. If you take some time and study the process, you’ll easily see that this type of damage could not occur at the mint. However, there are numerous ways for a coin to be damaged once it enters circulation. Your coin and the pic you found show coins that were squeezed along edges. How did it happen? Who knows, and it really doesn’t matter because it is post mint damage (PMD)?

There are a number of links and vids available that show the minting process. Here is one I happen to have handy to get you started

http://coinauctionshelp.com/mintingprocesshistory.html#.XzUobOTsZaT

Hope this helps

ifthevamzarockin

Welcome to the forum!

As mentioned it is post mint damage (PMD)

dank909

googled it and found similar damaged heres one

Jimnight

PMD.

PennyNoob

Any explanaition? Seems like the D mint mark is punched into the coin

ifthevamzarockin

Hi @PennyNoob Welcome to the forum!

It's a little hard to tell from your photos but it looks like you may have a coin that the mint mark took a hit, removing the copper plating and then corrosion or zinc rot started on the exposed zinc. No extra value & not an error.

Oldhoopster

It looks like zinc rot. There was a lot of split copper plating particularly around the mintmark during the early years of the copper plated zinc cent. As the zinc is exposed , it will corrode, similar to a scratched fender on a car. You coin has the D mintmark completely corroded away.

In the future, if you have a question, it's best to make new post