1954 s penny with the 5 looking odd. Help opinion
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Any thoughts what this is exactly. Was found in my dads change. 
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Bar on the 5 seems extended
Also thoughts on this one. We think it’s a 1995 double die
54 is maybe a small die chip. 95 is obviously PMD
Die chip on the 54 s and wire wheel damage on the 1995.
I’m newish to coins. So the 1995 is an altered coin and not factory error?
Correct, it's post mint damage not an error, worth one cent.
It's obviously damaged.
Overkill on the photos, 1 good cropped photo of each side would suffice.
Agree with a die chip and PMD on your 1 cent coins.
No extra value to either.
Obvious but I thought maybe damaged from the mint. Rookie here
The first question is always: how would that happen in the normal minting process?
99.9999% of all "features" on circulated coinage are "post-mint damage" (PMD) as we call it.
Zinc core cents are prone to corrosion, which is what you are seeing there. The corrosion process, when in the presence of acidic pH gives rise to hydrogen bubbles which will push up against the copper plating and, eventually burst through.
The DDO in 1995 was from Philly not Denver also.
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
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1995-D DDO
A 'factory" error"? That's a new one.
He's a card guy. "Factory error" is a card term.
From PCGS:
"1995-D Double Die Lincoln Cent. The United States Mint employee told them the doubled dies he showed them were intentionally struck in order to educate mint employees on what a doubled die coin looked like.
The only problem is that finding a 1995-D Doubled Die Lincoln Cent can prove to be very difficult. If we look at PCGS CoinFacts, we show only 10 total examples that have ever sold at auction."
Well if he has a 1995-D DDO then he better run, not walk, to the auction house!
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
"Well if he has a 1995-D DDO then he better run, not walk, to the auction house!
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But mine is a damaged coin right? Im just honestly asking is this a gradable coin? My dad found it in his change
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