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I have a 1988 DD lincoln penny. It has a double stamp on the D
I could not find another sample on-line?
It sounds like you may have a repunched mint mark. See the below article. According to Dr. Taylor (who wrote a book on the Lincoln cent), the way mint marks were added to the cent was changed in 1990 so that there shouldn't be any more repunched doubled mint marks. It is possible that what is known as machine doubling could cause a second impression to be made. If that is the case, the doubling is very shallow without a distinct difference between the two mint marks. Hope this helped, Jim Lawniczak
http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/sg123105-coins.htm
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Jim Lawniczak
Expertise
I will answer your questions about encased coins (lucky pennies), which are advertising and event tokens with coins, unually cents, struck with the token.
Experience
Long time collector of encased coins and author of several articles on encased coins.
Organizations
TAMS, ECI (Encased Collectors International)
Publications
TAMS -- several articles on encased coins, in particular the encased coins of the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition
Casement -- many articles on encased coins
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