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 So you can see in the picture that the 4th number in the year appears to be missing... funny thing is when I found this penny I stashed it somewhere and went crazy looking for it after I forgot where I put it. I found it. Yayyy :) My question is what could it be worth? Rough estimate keep it on the low side, I don't like to get my hopes up or set expectations, but I do think this is a pretty unique find and I'm not looking to sell it right now. maybe down the road. I want to see if anyone can guess the year of this penny. Thanks, -Rocco
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If it sticks to a magnet it is a 1943 cent. Copper a low premium. But not a large premium, the steel one would be worth more. (Not because of the Grease Fill on the die) It would stick to a magnet to prove it is that year. (or not)  Edited by coop
11/12/2018 10:20 pm
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@VC88, first welcome to CCF. Second, I'm assuming that the dropped final digit in the date is due to a grease-filled die (as opposed to being mechanically removed). Please confirm and post a close up pic of just this region of the coin. Also, from the color of the coin in your pic, it appears as though this cent is steel--is that true? It would be attracted to a magnet in that case.
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Probably the product of either a grease-filled die or possibly damage from some sort of wrapping or vending machine. No premium I'm afraid.  to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
11/12/2018 12:50 pm
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When I enlarged and enhanced your photo, I think I can see the weak outline of a "6" as the last digit of the date.
For some reason, a large number of the 1946 Philadelphia and San Francisco cents and a smaller number of the 1946 Denver cents have significant weakness in the last part of the date and also on the reverse with "ONE". Many of these coins lack most of the last two digits of the date, and especially on the San Francisco cents, the mint mark can be extremely weak.
It can't all be due to grease, because the weakness appears in the same locations on multiple dies and multiple die states. I suspect that the working dies weren't hubbed correctly, since the weak obverse and reverse spots are not opposite each other.
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Does it stick to a magnet?
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Here is a strange 1946-S I found a while back.  Note the size of the mint mark? It is not a RPM, but the reverse is a DDR. Strange. |
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Coop , I may have an answer to your question ( you did stick a question mark in there ) about your 1946-S . Looks like you have a sans serif mm that was punched deeply and angled so that the bottom half was sunk the deepest into the die. If you look at the left pic of my 1946-S coin you will see the outermost outline of the mintmark closely matches yours at the bottom . Your coin may be a later die state or the punch itself could have rounded a bit when your die was made.  |
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It was probably enlarged, but has no spread. So it is not a RPM. Just a enlarged mint mark. Just thought it looked so different.
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Yep , enlarged by the supporting shoulders of the design on the punch.
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On the 1943 Philadelphia cents, for some odd reason the date digit that is most frequently missing or weak is the third digit (the "4"). The 1946 PDS weakness almost universally is the fourth digit or the mm and both the third and fourth digits.
@coop, the 1946-S cents are one of the great mysteries for so many reasons. Why the variety of mm styles? Why the overmark? Why the inverted mm? Why so many RPMs? Why so many strikes with weak dates and weak NE interior reverse design elements? Why so few coins in VLDS, given the unusually high mintage in San Francisco? Why so many coins showing die subsidence? How many of the 1946 cents from all mints were shellcasing and how many were the return to regular bronze? Your mm is another head scratcher in a year filled with them. You've posted your excellent study of the 1949-S DDOs and the mystery surrounding their existence. I think 1946-S almost begs similar study.
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It is not a 1946 penny. I am stashing it somewhere.
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Would you be willing to post a photo of the coin's reverse?
Thanks!
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