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New Member
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Is the 1920 Penny in any way scarce?
Just wondering
NickW
Moved to main Australian forum - Sap
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Valued Member
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I don't think this is the right forum for this topic - it should probably be in "Australian Coins, Bank Notes, and Paper Money". But to answer your question, 1920 pennies can be rare, scarce or common depending on the arrangement or lack of dots around the reverse scrolls & whether the obverses are Indian or London die.
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Sovereign Debt, if you think a thread should be moved somewhere else, just click on the "Send note to Staff" link in the bottom right corner of the OP and explain where you think it should be moved to. If nobody Reports it, it would only get moved if a moderator happened to stumble upon the thread. Like I just did.  Nick01, as Sovereign Debt said, there are some scarce and highly sought-after varieties of the 1920 penny. Chances are that yours is common, but we'll need to see nice clear pics of both sides of your actual coin to know for sure. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
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As Sap said  . There is several different varieties which involves differing locations of dots above or below the two reverse scrolls. Obviously the overall grade is a huge determining factor in its scarcity. Higher grde coins are obviously much more scarce than those 1920 pennies I own  |
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I have a couple of pics of my 1920 penny... There is like chips on the top left hand side of the coin >.<
Maybe only minor, but other than that.. I can't find any dots (I am not very knowledgable with pennies) and it's in 'ok...ish condition haha)
Yeah, I agree this post should've been on the "Australian Coins, Bank Notes, and Paper Money" forum. Sorry guys.
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New Member
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The front part :)  The back part :)  It's a little damaged though, I think :( |
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The dots can be very hard to see in worn examples. You would need a magnifying glass. Even then there is quite a few little Cuds or die chips that can be confused for dots on the 1920's issue. Yours seems like it would grade around VG in my opinion and is probably worth a couple bucks if you cant definitively identify where the dots are, if there are any at all. |
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OK Sap - will do - apologies. Meanwhile, Nick01 could profitably view Sap's post on dot positions in 1919 & 1920 pennies in Georgioscoins' topic found at "1920 Penny Variety". |
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I'd forgotten I'd made that little diagram.   But sadly, I don't think it'll matter too much for Nick01's coin: unless it's a trick of the light, there's some huge edge knocks on this piece, on both sides - looks like somebody clamped it to something, or gave it a few whacks with something large and sharp. Damage like that would bring down the value of even the scarcest variety to just a few dollars. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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There are some huge edge knocks on it :( .. I think that has probably put the value down MAJORLY :'( ... I think I need another one :(
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Posted 04/17/2012 10:50 am
