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1983 Off Center Lincoln Cent

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 Posted 07/17/2015  9:28 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add worldnumis to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I don't actively collect these and only have a few as curiousities. This is one of the nicer ones. Do they have much value?


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 Posted 07/17/2015  9:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BlueSolo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Neat find! Check it for any other errors for that year. I'm not familiar with 83
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 Posted 07/17/2015  10:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CopperCastle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Value for off-center strikes increases based off of a few factors.
1) Is the date visible? Yes+ No-
2) Percentage off struck. The more, the better. Keep in mind factor #1. Collectors WANT to know what year the coin was struck. (my avatar is post '82, I only know this because of the wieght). Mine is not very valuable because the latter half of the date is MIA. I found it in pocket change though so I like it.
3) Condition (obviously).

Yours is post copper era which slightly detracts from the interest. People don't seem to care for Zincolns the way they do pre 82's. However, it's in great shape. On the other hand it's only about 15% off center. 50%+ off (data intact) generate the highest premiums.
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 Posted 07/18/2015  07:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Check ebay sold values for a good idea of current value.
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 Posted 07/18/2015  08:40 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tapapple65 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
nice coin.
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 Posted 07/18/2015  09:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jasper62 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's a nice one $8.00 to $15.00 on ebay. I like that it's off center towards the 12 o'clock position and most of IGWT is missing.The obverse is really nice but the reverse has a little more zinc showing than I like but still a nice one.I collect off center Lincoln's and that's the typical criteria I look for
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 Posted 07/18/2017  12:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jimnmisty02 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not as off as yours, and I'm not sure if there is actually anything to it lol

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 Posted 07/18/2017  12:35 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Crazyb0 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
to the forum jimandmisty02

you should post your own topics instead of hijacking old ones, this way your questions can be addressed better.

BTW, your coin is a MAD misaligned die. Off center means a portion of the design is missing on both sides,
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I'm so very sorry, this is my first post on this type of thing! I didn't mean to offend or hijack anything!
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to CCF. No harm done. Just start your own thread and please do not post pics sideways.
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 Posted 07/19/2017  10:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add koinpro to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not bad condition for the date; there is a tiny carbon spot that appears to just be starting at around 1:00 O'clock that might be able to be removed with a q-tip and olive oil but I hesitate to tell anybody to do so since so many just make things worse. The most desirable percentages off center are 40-60% and interest drops for anything over or under to some degree. So a 65% O/C would be close enough to command just as much as a 50% if positioning is better ... but 10% or 90% and your loosing a lot of interest price wise. Of course a full date is always a plus. Yours is decent for what it is.
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