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New Member
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NEWBIE...hello everyone, pocket change. I found this penny which appears to have a few errors and could use any feedback available...thanks!   Edited by lftbolol
12/30/2009 6:57 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You need to explain what you see as errors. I see a normal coin.
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New Member
 United States
20 Posts |
I am so sorry, the mintmark..... it also has errors on the back BEGINNER!
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New Member
United States
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sorry!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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First;  Can you possibly take a close up pic of the mint mark and also a close up of the area on the reverse in question, so we can get a better look of what you think may be error/errors on your coin? Thanks. Edited by chuckster 125
12/30/2009 7:40 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Between the M and E in america, I see something.
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New Member
United States
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sorry again...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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lftbolol, While better pictures are nice it would be helpful if you communicated with us in words what you see as the errors on this coin.
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New Member
United States
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Once again...sorry! since I am new at this, my terminology is weak...but I want to say possibly Cud on the reverse and I am not sure about the mintmark, looks doubled. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The mintmark is the result of a split in the copper plating on the coin that corroded subsequent to the strike. This caused the zinc core to expand causing the doubled appearance.
The 'thing' on the reverse of the coin is a gas bubble which was essentially caused by the same thing as the mintmark problem, except in this case there was an impurity on the zinc core when it was plated in copper. The impurity corroded completely underneath the copper causing the zinc expansion, which resulted in a gas bubble. Some coins have one, some have hundreds of them.
Neither of these occurrences are considered errors, and neither bring any premium value to the coin. In fact, they are more common that cleanly produced high quality cents from 1982 through 1989. Some of the techniques used were changed between 1990 and 1992, after which finding such horrid quality is more a rarity than a common thing.
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New Member
United States
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Thank you all for your feedback...Happy New Year...Stay SAFE!
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Valued Member
United States
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On topic, I hope the forum will examine the next example by a newbie!! Does this D look rotated and is it an error?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That coin is normal too.
A couple of things...
1. Split plating around the mintmark is quite common for early zinc cents. They didn't get the concept of plating zinc with copper right until about 1992, so all dates from 1982 through 1991 show a number of imperfections that have become more obvious with time as the coins age.
2. Mintmarks were placed into the individual dies by hand until 1990, so having a mintmark that is tilted a little one way or the other is quite normal.
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks Copper! Had my hopes up!LOL!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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When you find a variety, you will know it. They leap right out at you. Coin searching trains your eye in this pattern:
1. I don't see anything.
2. I think I found a variety
3. I found a variety
4. I find too minor stuff.
5. I can figure out which ones to keep and what to toss back.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's another one. It seems to have an extra rim or something.  |
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Posted 12/30/2009 7:34 pm
