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New Member
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Hey everyone, apologies for the first topic as I am new to this community. Please see the attached picture for reference. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated as I can't seem to find any other examples of this error online. Thanks in advance!  |
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New Member
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Correct weight for a 1980 Lincoln Cent would be 3.1 grams, so possibly your coin was struck on a wrong planchet?  |
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New Member
Canada
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That's exactly what I was thinking as well, the only strange thing is that I can't seem to find any more instances of this happening. Usually errors of this nature seem to happen in multiple instances.
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Hey everyone, apologies for the first topic as I am new to this community No need to apologize! We were all new once upon a time.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Might be struck on a Barbados 1c (bronze) planchet, which are roughly the same diameter of a normal 1980 cent (19 mm vs 19.1 mm).
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, it should be 2.8 g if the dia is correct.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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New Member
Canada
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In everyone's opinion, would you have this coin graded and confirmed that it's on the wrong planchet to increase it's value?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The coin graded is around 200 to 300 bucks but more likelly on the lower end due to year and the shape it is in, ungraded 70 to 100 bucks but very hard to sell, good luck !
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice find.   Errers and Varietys.
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Canada
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In everyone's opinion, would you have this coin graded and confirmed that it's on the wrong planchet to increase it's value? In my opinion and experience with recently having PCGS grade and attribute a 1976 1c struck on a Barbados 3.1g planchet, unless your example is in a decent grade (MS60 - MS65 range) it would not be beneficial to have it graded as you would spend upwards of $290.00 - $300.00 Canadian just to have it attributed. Without grading, you might get $100.00 as is. If you did get it graded, you might get $250.00+, or possibly break even with how much you would spend on a PCGS membership fee and grading it. Finding and discovering modern Canadian doubled die varieties since 2018. 2023 Recent Publications: Modern Canadian Doubled Die Varieties - First Edition PDF & Paperback https://www.mcddv.ca (website currently down for maintenance as of 08/01/2024) |
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New Member
Canada
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Thank you for the comment, that was very informative. I have a handful of error coins similar to this and I was wondering what the cost was for grading. Do you have to renew the PCGS membership annually?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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A more reasonably priced option may be CCCS, wouldn't hurt to contact them. https://cccs.co/"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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08/25/2024 4:45 pm
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United States
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Based on my extensive experience with NGC, I am very confident that they would properly attribute the coin and assign it a grade. They are cheaper than PCGS especially if you join their Collector's Society that gets you 3 submissions. With that said, I don't think you would recoup your grading fees if that is a concern. You will need to pay shipping/insurance both ways, extra for a mint error designation as well as the membership fee that I mention before. I like your coin as a wrong planchet error but its eye appeal is lacking due to being the same color and apparent same diameter as a normal cent. I can't tell from the pictures but it may not even be mint state since it appears to be very close looking to a normal cent and escaped early detection.
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08/25/2024 6:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I agree with Barbados cent as the most likely. It was struck at the mint in 1980 and is perfect weight match. The less likely possibility is that it was struck on a slightly underweight 1979 cent planchet.
I would not bother with certification. If certified as Barbados you would be lucky to get $200 I think. This off planchet error has no "wow factor" because it looks like any other cent. As is I agree at about $100.
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