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Off-Center 1998 Penny

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 Posted 01/02/2007  11:49 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add mikek to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I am referring to off center stamping. I will try again to post a pic. no luck on the pic. tells me that it can't connect













are pennies that are stamped off center worth anything? I found a 1988 that about a quarter of the rim is missing directly to the right of lincoln's head. The date and everything else is there. I would post a pic, but I can't seem to get it on right now.

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 Posted 01/02/2007  1:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Metalman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Slightly off center cents while interesting do not have much of a premium attached with them.

do what you can to get a pic posted of your coin.

Rick
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 Posted 01/02/2007  1:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add edix to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You can have a look at the scans of my recent post on the subject and compare to see if yours are as worthless as mine:
https://goccf.com/t/10215
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 Posted 01/02/2007  6:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TreasHunt to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sounds more like a clipped planchet, with the "about a quarter of the rim is missing directly to the right of Lincoln's head."
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 Posted 01/02/2007  10:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Metalman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sounded to me like The post was talking about an off center strike (are pennies that are stamped off center worth anything? )


without pics sometimes its hard to tell what is actually up with the coin !!

Rick
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 Posted 01/03/2007  6:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biokemist6 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Is the reverse centered correctly? If it is centered, that was caused by misaligned dies. If the reverse has a thin rim as well, it is not enough for it to be considered off center- the rim has to be broken with and a blank planchet area has to be present. Either way, it is just a numismatic curiosity with no value over face.
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 Posted 01/04/2007  04:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikek to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
the back is centered. on the front you can see where the rim just sort of runs off the edge. I have another one like it. on the top the >in god we trust" is right at the edge. back is ok.
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 Posted 01/05/2007  6:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TreasHunt to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Mike:
It sounds like you have a misaligned die. This is a common error, little or no additional value (above face).
Sorry.
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 Posted 01/08/2007  10:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coppercoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Misaligned die strike, and rather common. I agree with TreasHunt.
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