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United States
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*** Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! ***I found a rather interesting penny in a bag that I inherited from my grandfather and cannot find any others that are similar. The "United States of America" seems to be stamped across Lincolns face and backwards as you can see from the second picture. You can also see the "LI" in Liberty is reversed as well. At a minimum it makes for a pretty cool looking strike through that I must say I'll be hanging onto it. Any help or commentary on what it might be worth would be much appreciated!    Edited by PaxOfCash
06/09/2018 9:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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that's just amazing! It appears to be a brockage caused by a struck through fragment from an already struck coin...very very unique! I wonder what caused the fragment of the indented coin piece to make it that shape..
Feel free to call me Will.
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 United States
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Hi Will. I really appreciate you responding to my post. I'd really like some help since this is something I truly have no knowledge about. Would you put this coin in the same category as a 1955 double die by chance or at least something similar? I also wanted to mention I inherited a bunch of Canadian pennies as well and would love your opinion on what I should be looking for myself. If any of them are in your interest I'm always willing to discuss parting with them. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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hi Pax, you came to the right forum! the 1955 doubled die is different than this piece in many ways. your coin is considered a minting error, it is an error that occurred during the striking of this particular coin and is unique. the 1955 doubled die is a die variety, it was an error on the die used for striking the coin, so it is a variety as every coin off of that die had the same doubling. as far as the Canadian coins are concerned, you should post a list on the Canadian sub forum and work from there..we have many amazing minds in this forum's Canadian sub-forum.
and for your convenience and better understanding, I will list some definitions of the terms I used so you can better follow the process of this error coin's production.
brockage: when an already struck coin or a part of a struck coin is in between the coining die and the planchet, it imparts the already struck design into the new coin, producing an incused and reversed image.
planchet: the blank piece of round metal the coin will be struck on.
coin die: an inverted and incused design of the coin(negative image) which is made of harder metal than the coins, which then when striking the coins, produces a raised, positive relief of the design and creates what we use as pocket change everyday.
fragment: a piece of a coin that may have been broken off in some way during many parts of the planchet production or coin striking.
struck through/ strike through: something that was in between the planchet and die during striking which made an indent or in the case of your coin caused the design of another coin's fragment.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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and regarding your offer to me of Canadian cents..it's against forum rules to deal with new members, but thank you!  if you plan on getting rid of some stuff just read the forum rules if you plan on selling them here  Feel free to call me Will.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very nice find! I just emailed Mike Diamond (coin expert), so he can help ID this error for you.
Errers and Varietys.
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06/09/2018 7:53 pm
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United States
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United States
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Thank you everyone for your information! I appreciate everyone's help. I actually inherited several thousand pennies, mostly wheats and have found several unique ones throughout. Trying to learn more! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's definitely a legitimate error coin.
Errers and Varietys.
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New Member
United States
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Any idea on what it could possibly be worth? Is it just a coincidence that it happens to be a 1955 considering the amount of double die there were? Were there a lot of quirks that year?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm honestly not sure on the value of this error coin. You would have to ask Mike Diamond (the coin expert I emailed the CCF link to). He'll be here eventually. A good guess I have is maybe 50 dollars, but it could be worth a lot more than that. Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As others have said, this is a brockage from a struck fragment. It appears too large and thick to represent a metal shaving, so I don't know what the hook-shaped object was, other than it was metal. It's a very eye-catching error that might bring $200 on ebay. Error coin writer and researcher.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thank you very much Mike Diamond for chiming in! I appreciate it and I will learn from it as well. ebay would be the way to go, if you want to sell it. I would do auction only (where people have to bid on the item to win) and I would start it off at 100 dollars for a fair price. Errers and Varietys.
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New Member
United States
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Thank you both for your help and guidance. I have a number of other error coins I'm going to post that I've just found as well. Would love to have your thoughts. I'll post them on new threads though since I'm trying to learn the ethics of this board still...
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Valued Member
United States
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That is just an absolutely beautiful error coin. Not strictly from the perspective of what type of error it is, but the aesthetics of it are pleasing to the eye. It almost looks like a crescent moon...  It is not enough to merely enjoy coins; one must Advocate for them!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 It has a lot of eye appeal to it. It will attract coin collecters trying to find error coins for sale. Errers and Varietys.
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