Some minor off-centers...
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...With dates 
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I'd say they're MAJOR-ly off center and very nice with those full dates!
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I've always wondered... How do these make it out of the mint?
That is cool they have the dates on them.
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Typically in canvas bags. Today, these errors are super rare, but less dramatic errors are nonetheless sometimes found in ballistic bags.
On the 1973-D Cent, is that a rim cud by the "3", or a scrape? From here it looks like a rim cud.
@GoldenEgg .... What is a ballistic bag?? The only thing I am sure of is the definition of ballistics - the science or study of the motion of projectiles, as bullets, shells, or bomb.....
Those are major off center strikes... cool that the date is visible...Cheers, RickO
Those are spectacular specimens, thanks for the pics
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I never noticed that. I'm not sure if it's a cud though, I'll have to look more closely but maybe. That would be cool. Maybe @FredWeinberg or @seanq can chime in
It's one of these, diagram from the US Mint:
I don't know if it is literally ballistic, but it's a term that is frequently used for them.
I will say that they are pretty darn tough! I have one of these that was used for the 2010 Hot Springs quarters, and it held $50,000 in quarters, weighing over 2500 lbs!
That is interesting.... nothing ballistic about it.... so not sure why the term is used. Obese would be a more applicable description.... Cheers, RickO
Perhaps they're made of woven Kevlar to both handle the weight and prevent accidental breaches and ballistic is the slang term for them?
No Chris.... see my post above, I included the definition of ballistic and it has nothing to do with kevlar or body armor.... Cheers, RickO
Oh I know that ricko. In the strictest sense it would still have nothing to do with the term. That's why I said it could be a slang term. It does make sense as a slang term if it is made of Kevlar. Slang terms don't always follow a linear thought process. Associations work