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Valued Member
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Hello community. I got two small bronze pennies from Philly. Both are slightly off center, but uncle Abe looks a lot younger in one of them. Both coins weigh around 3.09 grams. I am assuming one is more deteriorated than the other. Your thoughts please.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Both are showing a very minor Misaligned Die. They're also both circulated. Just spenders.
Errers and Varietys.
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Valued Member
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I am with you on that. Not trying to make money selling coins and not sure what can get for them  . Is the miss alignment what is causing the looks to be different? Edited by Darabi
11/26/2024 10:38 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Your coins are also toned as well. The misalignment and the toning is what is making them look different. They both worth face value.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The one on the right might be a later die stage. That might explain the differences. Not only does the bust of Lincoln look different, but the B in LIBERTY looks different, the first A in AMERICA looks a little wider, and the N and the T in CENT appear to be closer together.
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Different dies, at much different states of wear on them will change the appearance of the devices..
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Bedrock of the Community
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 Die stage can affect appearances in a drastic way. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
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I agree with Dearborn. To me it seems pretty clear the coins were minted with different dies. The entire bust of the coin on the right, to me, appears to be a different engraving. It seems to have a weird, longer neck.  |
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Thank you all so much for the explanations. The answers really make sense. Do they reuse the reverse dies from previous years or produce new ones?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I think Dearborn says it best.
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It seems to have a weird, longer neck. I think that has to do the top collar line being eroded, adding to the length of the neck. |
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