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New Member
United States
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Howdy! This coin I have looks to have multiple errors to me. If anyone has the time to look, I'd appreciate your honest opinion. Thabk you  *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Forum Dad
 United States
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Looks perfectly normal to me.  |
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Valued Member
United States
238 Posts |
For the date and mint mark it looks like a shifted die called Strike Doubling or shelf doubling - not really a premium - looks like something under his chin as well. As for the rim - I've seen similar but just figured it was poor quality control - we shall see what others say. If you cropped the picture to make coin large it would be easier to see. If it was of great value it would have been a shame since your hands touching it could leave oils that ultimately damage the coins surface fyi. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Overall, pretty ordinary-looking to me. to the CCF! |
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Moderator
United States
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@chaos, first welcome to CCF. Second, in 1968 and 1969, tons and tons of cents were manufactured with dramatic Machine Doubling. I think that you've got one example of this with this coin. Here is a link to learn more: https://www.error-ref.com/?s=machine+doublingAbout halfway down that page is a pic of a part of the date on a cent which looks a whole lot like yours. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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@chaosmorgan There could be more problems in the future, finger prints from handling the cent. There doesn't seem to be anything remarkable, from this picture. |
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Moderator
United States
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Looks like MD and a Rim Fin.I moved your post to the proper section. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10034 Posts |
I agree - Rim Fin and MD on the date. Looking for random anomalies on coins and hoping they match up to something collectable will take you a lot more time, wasted effort, and disappointment repeatedly finding out you have nothing but post mint damage, useless Machine Doubling, Die Deterioration, or minor insignificant imperfections (etc.). Spend some initial time at places like error-ref.com, doubleddie.com, varietyvista.com, conecaonline.org, coppercoins.com etc. to find what actual and collectable coin errors look like. A good way to start is, for instance, separate a bunch of pennies by date. Go to varietyvista.com and, date by date, use the reference there to see what errors are known for that specific coin/mint mark. Look for those specific errors/varieties using the pictures provided. After doing this for awhile you will KNOW what an actual error looks like and not have to waste time on face value and damaged coins. 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Moderator
United States
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 a bit of a Rim Fin at K10, a MAD strike (maybe - but need to see reverse to tell for sure), and MD on the date. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7174 Posts |
to the CCF The date and below the chin is push doubling. I'm going through a bag of 68Ss now that show push doubling on one device all the way to almost everything on the obverse is effected. Some of them are very dramatic. |
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you all for replying! And I will absolutely put it in a sleeve & upload a better picture/reverse. I Def have a lot to learn. I did look up 68's mint production and san fran was significantly lower so I thought maybe it was a good coin since it had multiple errors. I think maybe the forehead as well. Thanks again!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Moderator
United States
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chaosmorgan, Just to be clear,your coin is not a mint error. John1 |
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Moderator
United States
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to the Community! |
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