NEW DISOVERY (MAYBE) 0

[STEVEYE4it]

Ok now try to look at this as a 1963 Lincoln Cent before you see the obvious 1968 over top of it. Not sure if this is already known but wanna find out from the top dogs on this site.

[RonnieR131]

I didn't find anything on Ken Potters Error and Variety Coin list or Coneca, not specifically for the 8 over 3, so hang in there, someone will get to this later. Is there anything else going on with the coin, as in Liberty etc?.. Need a pic of the whole coin, obverse and reverse when you can. Hope you didn't clean it.

Edited May 18, 2020 by ronnie stein
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[kbbpll]

Quoting from Wexler's:

"When the Lincoln cent was introduced in 1909, the Mint started placing the last two digits of the date into the master die, rather than punching them into the individual working dies.  For years die variety specialists thought that the last two digits of the date were punched into the master die, however, compelling research by Robert H. Neff has shown that the last two digits were engraved into the master dies and were not hand-punched.  This change effectively eliminated the repunched date error."

If this information is correct, it's not possible to have an 8/3 on a 1968 cent.

[Coinbuf]

There was one OMM for the memorial series but it was later debunked.  The reason there are none is exactly what @kbbpll posted, its impossible due to how the dies were prepared.  If you look at the rest of the coin from the OP (what we can see of it anyway) this coin was struck from an extremely worn die (note the mushy lettering above the portrait) so my guess is that what you see in the number 8 is from die fatigue or a possible strike thru. 

[JTO]

Although not for Lincoln cents there have obviously been over-dates after 1909. Specifically the two that occurred in 1918, the 1918 over 17-D nickel and the 1918 over 17-S quarter.  That said I agree with Coinbuf and my best guess is that this is and example of grease strike through error.  I have a great Lincoln 197 -D with no trace of the last digit, so only 3 numbers with the D below.  I like it because when you say it, the D fills in the sound of 1970, but what year is it?  Who knows.  How much is it worth?  Not much... to anyone but me. 

[DWLange]

It's just a 1968 cent that has had its date smeared a bit as the die withdrew. It's a form of strike doubling.

[Greenland]

4 hours ago, DWLange said:

It's just a 1968 cent that has had its date smeared a bit as the die withdrew. It's a form of strike doubling.

does this mean it's a poor man DD.