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1974 penny off center

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 Posted 07/10/2012  11:09 pm Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add 908205691838 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message

i dont really know much about coins, and I noticed this was off center so I was wondering if it's possible worth anything? maybe the error is also to small to make it worth anything? thanks! any help would be greatly appreciated! :)

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 Posted 07/10/2012  11:36 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add CaptainFwiffo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Most likely, the reverse is centered, making it a misaligned die, not an off-center coin. It has to be much further off to be worth anything in either case.
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 Posted 07/11/2012  12:23 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 908205691838 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
the other side is centered and oh okay thanks!
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 Posted 07/11/2012  12:38 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ErrorCoins222 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Its common on most modern coins, especially cents and dimes.
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 Posted 07/11/2012  12:34 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Broken-Coin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
For any coin to be off center, it must have some of the coins design missing at the same location on both sides...
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 Posted 07/14/2012  9:52 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 908205691838 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
i didnt know that, lol as I said I didnt know much about them, the back is perfectly centered and the front is barely off center, maybe onlu 3 or 4%
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 Posted 07/15/2012  05:47 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Your coin is referred to as a MAD (misaligned die) but some of the design elements has to be missing for it to have a premium to collectors.
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( I'm no pro, it's just my humble opinion )
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 Posted 07/15/2012  07:35 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add coppercoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I don't even think it's a misaligned die. It would have to be off by more than a half percent. It's almost hard to tell which part of the rim is thicker on this coin, really.
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