2008D RB 1C planchet error?

[Shleppodella1]

Could the indent come from planchet rolling out and blanking process or a test piece punch mark beings it's so clean looking without any edges or is it another unfortunate case of PMD?
Rather curious on how the coin is in upper mint state condition if it's PMD you know. But you know the saying "Lord only knows what people do with & to these".

[MintErrors]

In my opinion, If this is raised, it is probably a die chip. If it is raised on the coin, it's incused or sunken into the coin.

If it is raised, it could be a fragment that was struck into the coin.

The working dies usually strike these coins with tens of tons of pressure, and I am pretty sure if it was already on the blank, it would have been sqashed, if it is raised.

If I look long enough at the coin photo where the dot is centered on the photo, I think I can see some raised scratches on the coin. They give a hint that the coin was probably struck normally, unaffected by the dot, since it was incused on the working die.

Indents are typically another blank or, another coin getting in the way of the coin ready to be struck. The coin ends up looking like this:

https://www.error-ref.com/indent-partial/

If it is sunk into the coin, it is difficult to know what caused the issue. I do not believe it's a Rockwell test mark, the shape is off. They typically destroy those samples right after they were created and examined.

https://conecaonline.org/rockwell-ha...lincoln-cents/

[affordablecc]

Greetings, That is a die chip. Keep up the find. Sincerely, Noal

[Shleppodella1]

It looks suspiciously like the 15T along with the tear drop and almost near in the same spot as on Error-Ref.com.
Would it qualify for strike thru even?

[MintErrors]

in my opinion, it depends on who you ask. Its very subjective.

I know people who have sent "minor" strike throughs into a third party grading service and were told "too minor to list"....

The representative said, its was strange that they said that - since there was no intention to list it - all the person wanted was confirmation on whether it was or was not a strike through. I guess the answer was "almost a yes".

No, it was not me. But I do know the representative.

I think it is pretty small die chip or strike through and they can be quite common. but the more common ones are associated with devices on the coin (letters, numbers, people, buildings, animals, etc.).

You mentioned 15T on error-ref.com . Is there a link available to that page? The die chip listing doesn't look same to me.