Pure Silver Penny

of both the coin and the certificate please!

to the family!

PHstern,

Welcome! These kind of stories really excite the forum members (myself included ) and we always press for pictures. In the long run we won't be able to verify authenticity from the photos alone ... but we still want to see them! If she intends to sell that piece (an off-metal strike) she should have it certified and encapsulated by a reputable service ... PCGS recommended.

Now where are those pictures?

Thank you all.

This belonged to my great aunt who passed away a couple of years ago and left it to my mom. My aunt had it "certified" or "appraised" (I'm not sure which) many years ago, but never appraised as to it's value.

My mom will retrieve it from her safe deposit box today along with the certificate, and I will try to post photos later this evening.

Thank you all again for your help,
PHstern

I will join in and say and

I just want to say something here. If it is a off metal strike it will be worth more than a regular cent of that date in that same condition but it will not be something that you (or your mom) will be able to retire off of or anything. I know some people go their whole life hearing how much a coin is worth and it seems to go up in value each time the story is told and when it actually comes time to sell the coin in question the person selling gets their feelings hurt or think someone is trying to take advantage of them. Like I said by no means will this coin be worthless or even worth what a regular coin struck on a normal planchet of the same year and condition, but usually its not worth as much as someone thought especially when it has been handed down through family members. All that being said I want to welcome you to the forum and how you enjoy your stay with us, we have some specialists in error coins (I am not one of them) that would be able to give you more information about your coin once you have pictures of the coin and you can go from there with the information they give you

These cent-on-dime-planchet errors appear to be fairly common and are offered in major auctions on a regular basis. Recent sales on Heritage include a 1956-D cent on a silver dime planchet, graded MS-64 by PCGS, that went for $1495 in February, 2008. A 1951-S example graded MS-62 by NGC went for about $2700; that one was probably bid up higher because of the desirable San Francisco mintmark. A 1956 coin that was lightly circulated (AU-55 grade) sold for $575. A mint-state example slabbed by ANACS that was determined to have been cleaned went for less than $400. Too bad this coin is not a 1943; those sell for much more because of collector interest in the famous copper planchet errors that exist for that date.

So, I would estimate that if this coin is circulated but undamaged it could bring $500 to $1000. If mint state it might go for $1000 to $1500, but not much more than that unless it is especially choice.

I agree with SeatedNut: certification by PCGS or NGC is mandatory if you want to obtain the best possible price. The certificate your mom has might be an interesting collectible in its own right. I wonder if it is signed by a known numismatic expert?

I'm looking forward to those photos!

Pics please.

OK, here are some photos that I took today. I was wrong about the date. It actually is a 1943, not a 1945. In any event, she and I will be interested in what you all think might be a rough value.
Thanks,
PHstern


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