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I thought that it would be fun to post this for everyone to try and figure out what's wrong with it. I know that my scanning is a little rough but, hopefully, you'll figure it out. The areas that look worn - are not really. Those portions of the coin are just actually more brown than red/brown. Let's try this and see what happens!   |
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Well it looks maybe a filled die in some places? The the two 1's in 1971. And on the reverse with the A in states and OF. Also the memorial building looks like a weak strike I guess. The top is much more shiny than the one part in the middle.
Am I right?
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmm - not what I was looking for, but good observations of other things wrong with it. Keep trying - it'll jump out at you and you'll go "duh" - like I did! It may not be AS obvious with my scan, but you'll see it - I have faith!
hint: It's a real error...something is missing.
Edited by dsking
06/08/2006 9:18 pm
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IS it on the obverse or reverse?
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No VDB on shoulder? Toughy right here lol
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It's on the Reverse and you were almost right with the "weak strike"...It's so weak that it didn't make it at all onto the coin. Try again!
(Oh I wish I could get it to scan better!) The darker parts of the scan are where the coin has browned and the rest of the coin is a red/brown. Does that make sense?
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Correct madhandles761991!!!! The coin is such a weak strike that I too missed it the first time. I have looked at it with my 10x many times and the "E" just totally missed the coin. Great observation or the many hints that I gave. In any case, good job!!!!!!!
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I have a penny with TRUST completely missing - does this carry any value?
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Hi Everyone
Filled die errors and struck throughs seldom carry much of a premium above face value.
They are pretty neat coins , and I collect them as I can from circulation ,or from Cent lots , but I do not go specifically looking for them to buy.
Rick
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Normal business strike filled dies dont really have a premium. I believe that proof filled die coins do have a moderate premium because it rarely happens to proofs.
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I paid a whopping .25 for the Pluribus Unum Cent only because I wanted to put it on the forum to see how everyone did in finding the error. They're fun to have but, no big money value.
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Actually this is very common and completely normal for the high relief reverse years of 1969-1973. It's not really a weak strike to the point that it would be considered an 'error' and command a premium. If you look through a number of BU rolls from 1969-1973 you'll find that there are a vary vast number of them that will not have full roof or cornice detail. This part of the design problem was solved in 1974 with a lower relief design.
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