CoinTalk Members Say a Cent With a Dished Center Looks Like a Struck Through Die Cap Error
On the CoinTalk forum, a member posting as MeowtheKitty asked whether a cent with a dished center, found while searching penny rolls, was post-mint damage (PMD) or something unusual. Several members said it looked like a struck through die cap error. The poster wrote that they read the date as 1982 D and put the coin in a holder with that label; the source does not give the date of the posts.
Correction (Oct 13, 2026): We corrected the headline, summary and body to match the source. We rewrote statements that presented forum members' opinions as an established identification so that they are attributed as the posters' claims and opinions, and removed an unsupported reference to the Lincoln Memorial as well as a conclusion and keywords about Koban and 3D authentication that were unrelated to the thread. The previous headline was "1982 D Cent's Dished Center Revealed as Struck Through Die Cap Error."
This article summarizes posts in a CoinTalk forum thread titled "Is this PMD or actually something neat?" The source does not give the date of the posts. What follows are the claims and opinions of forum members, not confirmed facts.
A Cent With a Dished Center
The poster, MeowtheKitty, asked whether a cent found while searching penny rolls was "just PMD" (post-mint damage).
According to the poster, the coin has a seemingly normal rim, but its middle is shaped like a dish. The poster said a date of "198?" could be seen at certain light angles, and that the last digit might be a 3 or an 8.
Another member, ksmooter61, said they were not sure what was going on with the obverse, but pointed to a couple of small die cracks on the reverse at both ends of the base of the memorial.
Members Suggest a Struck Through Die Cap
Evan Saltis wrote that it looked like a die cap. Mr. Numismatist agreed that it looked like a struck through die cap error. Kentucky and paddyman98 expressed the same view.
The poster at first questioned this, saying the material they found involved the image of another coin, and that related pictures showed a very misshapen penny, while this one seemed normal apart from the dished center. The poster also said they had thought of weighing it but could not find their scale.
Evan Saltis replied that this happens sometimes, but not always, and linked a reference page. The poster responded, "That's it," and wrote that this also explained the die cracks on the reverse.
The Poster Reads the Date as 1982 D
After looking at the date at various angles and in different light, the poster wrote that they thought it was a 1982 D, and that they had put it in a holder labeled "1982 D Struck Through Die Cap."
SensibleSal66 pointed to an error coin price guide and suggested also checking ha.com and eBay. No specific prices were given in the thread.
Source: CoinTalk, "Is this PMD or actually something neat?"
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