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I pulled this out of an "unsearched roll" of wheat cents. Under magnification and bright lighting it looks like a 1915s, the "1" being just a faint mark. is this a real error?  Moved to "error" section
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 reroark57 it's nice to have the younger crowd join our group. I am not sure if it's a real error or not,let's wait for the pros to answer. John1  |
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This is the wrong forum section for that question, but to me it looks like a 1945-S that someone attempted to alter into a 1915-S and messed up.
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reroark57 to ccf ! send that coin into a gradeing company to get an estimated value on it! there are alot of experts on this forum to give you some advice on it! |
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Not heavy wear, a Grease Filled Die on a late die state 1915S cent. And yes, it has to be 1915S, the 5 used in the date was not used for any other year. |
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I was thinking 1915-S with a strike through grease on the 1. It happens. The reason I mention that date is the wider rim that appeared during that time an no VDB until 1918.
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reroark57 to the forum. |
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Thanks for the input everyone. I'm not that young John1, I just stopped collecting for 20 years. Now I'm getting back into it. It was facinating reading the forums today. Thank You everyone
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This is just another opportunity for me to mention this.
There was another "cavalier" suggestion to send the coin in to a grading company. I would suggest that the people making those suggestions should also be willing to pay the fee for the grading company to look at the coin.
The average is about $20.00 per coin to have a grading company examine a coin.
If every "error" (many are a form of damage and not an error at all) coin that received the suggestion from a novice was sent to a grading company for analysis, I would suspect that thousands of dollars would go to waste.
This coin is as mentioned above a 1915 S that was strck by a filled die.
To those that like to suggest sending the coin in to a grading company, are you also willing to pay for it?
Some coins should get slabbed. Most of the ones that are either minor errors or damage are not worth the trouble from a financial standpoint. Besides that you are getting loads of free evaluations from experts in the field right here.
I will only speak for myself but if I got ten cents for each coin I analyzed I would be rich:-) I just enjoy being able to help and that's my reward.
All I'm saying is don't be so quick to suggest that someone else spend their hard earned money unless you know what you are looking at.
There, that gets that out of my system:-)
Have Fun,
Bill
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01/22/2009 10:20 pm
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reroark57,your profile says that you are 13 years old that's why I said what I said. John1 |
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I think if no birthday is picked in the system it defaults to 13. Not many change it...I guess to feel young again  Only 13% of our members are under the age of 18 believe it or not
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