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New Member
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I dont know anything about coins, honestly, but I do know that I have something here based off research I've done and comparisons of a penny from the same year in much different condition. What would something like this be worth? Where do I sell it? I figure the errors are fairly obvious but please note which ones you see. I'm still learning (understatement haha).    Cropping is weird, sorry. But you get the gist. No color editing. And the coin has never been cleaned. Edited by trixiemaybe1
01/12/2020 5:37 pm
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Forum Dad
 United States
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I see nothing but a badly worn and damaged coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
715 Posts |
Hi Trixie, welcome to the forum. What I'm able to see unfortunately doesn't appear to include any errors. I do see a lot of damage to the coin -- plenty of hits all over and the color is from environmental damage. Please point out specifics if I'm missing something here, though.
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New Member
 United States
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The one appraiser I talked to said that this isn't all from wear and tear. That there is errors in the date (the raised dash in front of the 1980, the size of the D stamp with or without damage, and that there is some damage to the other side that isn't caused by wear and tear either). I'm going off of what he had said but idk
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ah, okay. I was thinking the dash in front of the date was some raised metal resulting from a hit from another coin. However, it might also be a die gouge, but it's unclear to me. I think a clear closeup of that area would allow for a better determination. As far as the mintmark being larger than normal (damage notwithstanding), this *could* mean it's an RPM, but this would again require a good closeup, and even though it would be very difficult to determine with as much wear is on the coin. Where did you get your coin appraised?
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Forum Dad
United States
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See if the appraiser is willing to make an offer and if it's more than 1 cent, take it.
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New Member
United States
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 Here is a closer photo. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Unfortunately, its all just damage. If that appraiser is willing to pay you anything more than one cent then take it and run, because they're probably the only person that would pay that.
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Forum Dad
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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 To the Forum. |
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Moderator
United States
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@trixie, that last pic was perfect thx. Unfortunately, I agree with the others here on CCF that these are all stray marks from circulation rather than mint errors.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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First, to the CCF! Second, I'd get a new appraiser if I were you. I agree with everything that's already been said. It's easy to see dollar signs in a different looking coin, but this coin you have shown us has been damaged after leaving the mint, badly damaged at that. Luckily, it's still worth one cent. Again, welcome! We're here to help! |
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United States
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to CCF |
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United States
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to the Community! |
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