What do you call this MESS?......

WorldSavingBlog

There are letters missing, numbers missing, stuff looks doubled on the back. The monument left side looks doubled.

DBSTrader2

I'm far from an expert, but a bad forgery? Obverse date numbers (what there are of them) in the date look too large & out-of-place, and lettering in "Liberty" look amateurish. Missing Lincoln statue in the Memorial, etc.....

JBK

It is a mess, for sure. Good eye in catching it. I vote for major ejection doubling/shearing of letters, and maybe grease filled die.

Or, maybe struck twice with slight rotation in between strikes? (That explanation might have some value).

Rosco

I have never seen an obverse such as this, interesting / drastic occurrence.
Is it a 1991 - D ?
I'm sure one of the many experts know exactly, as stated above.

ricko

I agree with @DBK...grease filled die, ejection doubling.... Cheers, RickO

Insider2

I agree - grease filled die.

ECHOES

@Insider2 said:
I agree - grease filled die.

+1

JRocco

I concur.
Grease filled die with ejection doubling.
Die lines show that the dies were worked on to clean up previous messes.
Interesting coin.

ms70

Is that 1997 I think? That is super interesting. I wonder if the PCGS label has enough space to describe it!

DoubleEagle59

I call it "Ebay Gold!!"

Hydrant

A "Bad Penny."

dpoole

Neat error coin.

TurboSnail

"Lincoln gone wild"

crazyhounddog

Grease filled die. Great eye to catch such a coin.

CaptHenway

I am more inclined to say weak strike, but cannot be sure.

Hydrant

Common.

WorldSavingBlog

I believe it is a 1991 no mint mark. Would PCGS even take it?

Jimnight

It looks to be a filled die

bronze6827

> I agree - grease filled die.

I disagree. Fully. That looks to me like it was struck, never got ejected or ejected properly, and struck again - maybe struck 3 times.

WorldSavingBlog

I've never sent in a coin to PCGS, would they even take it? Would any of you send it in?

GoldenEgg

@CaptHenway said:
I am more inclined to say weak strike, but cannot be sure.

With such strong design rims?

Treashunt

Greased die obv

rollerrorhunter

I would have called it "worn out" and threw it in the recycling bin. Nice find and good luck

astrorat

@CaptHenway said:
I am more inclined to say weak strike, but cannot be sure.

That was my first thought as well. However, the rim looks fairly well formed for a weak strike. I tend to think the coin was struck a grease-filled die (a die with "grease" residue that was not properly removed before striking coins).

The "doubling" is an artifact as others have stated. It's called strike doubling, machine doubling, or ejection doubling. While interesting to examine, it's common and carries no premium in value.

CaptHenway

I believe that a well-upset planchet rim can produce a well-struck rim on an otherwise weakly struck coin. I am just not sure if that was the case on this coin.

EXOJUNKIE

@WorldSavingBlog said:
I've never sent in a coin to PCGS, would they even take it? Would any of you send it in?

Personally, (if it is determined to be a greased filled die with ejection doubling) I would not send it in to be graded as the cost of grading/encapsulation will exceed the value of the coin.