Recent Find 1964 Dot Penny, Anyone Have Any Info On Dot Varieties?

I do not see a dot above the 9 on your coin https://coinsandcanada.com/coins-pr...nt-1953-1964
John1

Except for the very few instances where the mint PURPOSEFULLY put a dot on the coin to delineate a design change or waiting for new dies, all the "dots" that show up on this site are "die chips" on the working die and, as such, are "errors", not varieties. A small indent or chip on the working die will create a teeny bump on the struck coin. Some people want to call them "dots", but they aren't .. they are just struck with a die that was wearing out. Any year or any denomination can have a working die or two with "chips". They are nothing to get excited about.

I think your dot is a raised bit of metal caused by damage. I roll-hunted from the late 60's to 2000 and found thousands of minor errors. I was sure I would be on easy street when I retired. HAHA ! 99% are of no extra value, hanging numbers, die cracks, tiny dots, machine-doubled letters and dates, unless they are beautiful uncirculated coins. There are millions of 60-70-80-90's coins still in rolls and many thousands of minor errors which will never have any extra value.
One coin of note with dots is this one, 1960 5 cents, 4 Dots, which is a Zoell variety (old guy who cataloged 100's of these minor errors in the 50's-60's). The "dot" die chips are large and are found on multiple coins, which is why he referred to it as a variety. I'd be surprised if it's worth more than a dollar or two.

That's pretty cool thanks for the info I didn't know about that. even if it isn't worth money it's fun to find these mint errors even if they're minor, now I'll be checking my 1960s haha