I save all the wheat pennies for the wife and I go through ordinary pennies looking for my birth year (some of you may cringe) but I picked up this habit in the military. Every coin penny/knickel/dime/quarter that's my birth year I drill a few holes for eyes then dremmel a smile into it so I carry around smiley face coins on my key chain hahaha I don't know it makes me happy. Anyway back to the post, every now and then I see a few coins that look like they are are different from others like these I'm posting pictures of 1 1981 has lines going diagnol in front and back of coin, 1 the year unknown I'd like to know if it's even worth trying to clean up some how? And 1 1972 has this faint circle starts around mid chest and gos around. For the quarters, in the word liberty a few of the e & r look fatter than normal and 1 specific quarter the bottom leg of the e appears to have a longer curve than any other
Quote: I drill a few holes for eyes then dremmel a smile into it
I was doing something similar to my coins when I was 12 years old before I knew better From what I can see everything is just damage & has no value except face value.
The quick way to tell if they are worth anything is to ask yourself: "Would I buy this coin?" If not, then spend them. Damaged and ugly coins are worth face value.
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