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Hello everyone  It's been a long while since I've been logged in. How I remembered my password I don't know. But My father handed me this coin this morning after months of me getting my entire office sifting through their pocket change - now on a daily basis. And although I've been "into" coins my whole life, its only been about a year or so since I got a little more "serious" about learning more. I present this here double(?) struck penny. I've seen these all over the web and e-bay. But this one here is a bit more special. It has what appears to be 2 double strikes, front and back. Only the double strike on the reverse is of the obverse. What have I got here> Thanks, Joey G. *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks to be a flip-over triple strike. The coin was originally struck normally, then during ejection, it flipped over but didn't completely leave the striking chamber. It was lying slightly over top of another planchet when the dies came down again, creating the second strike on the reverse (showing "GOD WE" and the top of Abe's head), and just distorting the corresponding area on the obverse (it didn't get a part of the reverse design because the other planchet was in the way). Then the same thing happened with the third strike which is at the base of the bust and over "of". It's not clear if another planchet was involved in that strike because it's so small. It's also possible the second and third strikes were in a different order than I described.
It's a very good find and appears to be in nice condition.
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 United States
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Thanks Cap'n for laying that out for me. Is this something that I should drop into a cardboard holder? ... or is it something I should maybe have looked at? ... or graded & slabbed? From what I've been told by my father, he had this in jar with millions of other pennies stashed away like we all do/did. I see one on e-bay now, similar, but the price tag is almost laughable. I'm not gonna even entertain the thought of this being worth thousands of dollars like the one I see. But I also do not want to risk any further damage to this coin because I know its somewhat rare and has personal value coming from my dad like it did.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What an awesome coin !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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 United States
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 Very nice. I would at least put it in a 2x2 quarter holder, the kind you staple closed for now and do some more looking around for info. John1  |
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United States
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Edited by wquinn
06/05/2012 12:07 pm
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New Member
United States
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I thank all you for the comments and tips :)
I went down to the local coin shop just now but the owner is out sick :( I did buy a few hundred coin holders. I really haven't spent much in the way of coinage over the past year. So I have thousands & thousands of coins just laying around & sitting in cups waiting for me to sift through before I even think about cashing them in. As much as I hate to be the new guy who posts, asks for a value and runs, I just have to ask if anyone knows or has a clue if this coin holds any significant value. I'm not running away, though. I have too much more to learn yet and sooooo many coins I'd like opinions on from the experts here to ruin my amazing internet rep ;)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I will say you will make more money selling to a collector instead of a coin shop. The coin shop will need to have a profit margin. Nice Coin
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United States
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This is not a flip-over triple struck coin. I suggest that someone with expertise in U.S. minted errors have a better look.
I will preface this by saying that I am NOT an expert in error coins, and I could be off-base here...
First, the area with the largest re-struck area is an indent - this is a strike through a planchet. The other area is likely the same.
The two partial strikes are off by enough, and the coin looks bent enough for this to be a saddle strike - struck by two die pairs at the same time.
It looks like a saddle strike indent of sorts, which would likely be a little more scarce than a simple saddle strike. I would think this to probably have more premium value because of its relative scarcity, but I am not sure. Either way, regardless of what it is, it is a nice error coin, but it is not a thousand dollar error coin. I would figure $100 maximum.
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New Member
United States
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Here's the main consensus I'm getting in feedback from various other sites and people a little more knowledgeable than myself :) Looks as if coppercoins nailed it.
BY: mikediamond
It's actually a flipover saddle strike on a previously-struck cent. The two off-center strikes were delivered simultaneously, rather than sequentially
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Posted 06/05/2012 10:15 am
