1989-D 5C DDR

[Shleppodella1]

Is this not a "doubled die" with the split sherif in "E" & "L" in EPU or or is it MD?
If it is I'm not seeing a listing in Variety-Vista or doubleddie.com.

[MintErrors]

In y opinion, machine damage can cause light "split serifs" as well. To me its a little amount of metal revoved from the surface of the coin. I think it was a die deterioration. It looks like a split serif, but its not. Its actually two different step like conditions. Its machine damage at either the top or bottom of the letters or numbers instead of at the middle.

I have seen this efffect on damaged coins online some where. I will look for the example(s) and add a link if I find them.

Have a look at the 5c on this post:

https://www.error-ref.com/die-deterioration-doubling/

[Shleppodella1]

So the 1987-D penny I listed earlier and this nickel are suffering from the same die deterioration effect then?
Interesting how many ways it can effect a coin! Even different ones.
I almost didn't post it becuase of the shelving thinking MD or even deteriation but it didn't go all the way down the edge of the letter and had the split which threw me off so "I THOUGHT" didn't make it that & were I went wrong I did not trust the documentation which is why I didn't find it so therefore was not doubling. It is really true that someone has to look at a lot of coins to actually find a real error but that's half the fun right.
Thanks again Gary for replying and teaching !!!!

[eaxtellcoin]

Shleppodella1,
This is kind of off topic, but my kids gave up looking for varieties when all they found - in jars of change, were maybe one or two coins. Then most were damage. Rolled change I have no idea how many thousands of coins - maybe millions I have looked at, but really; I have not found much.

Rolled coins from the 1950's to 1970's were great 20+ years ago, now most are already searched. It's the fun of the hunt! I get it! Just got to remember this is a hobby, folks cannot ask for $$ for the amount of time it took to look - I see this on ebay for some of the prices folks post. Wow. Anyway - long story short, finding varieties takes alot of time and effort.
Eric