1988 DDR?

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1988 DDR?

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Here is the coin, each letter on the back has a dip in it. The dips are on parts pointing toward the center of the coin, and are most prominent on the I,T,E,D of UNITED. Is it a DDR, or just just a defect in the process used to make the coins in the '80s? Zinc pennies from these years are usually messed up one way or another.
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#2 Unread post by Daniel »

I see something, but I can't see much with the images. You might be able to crop the two larger ones and we can see better details?
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Here's some pictures through a microscope, the bottom of the "I" seems to be doubled.
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Re: 1988 DDR?

#4 Unread post by Maineman750 »

I don't believe this is doubling and what you think is a split is probably a ding. If the splits were that centered, we would see some pretty nice doubling.
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