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Valued Member
United States
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Is this a partial weak strike,,die fatigue,,or eye fatigue?maybe I am seeing things,do the letters get larger as they progress?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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It is a mint error. From the picture, the 'LIB' is over a part of the coin that has different reflective qualities, suggesting that the planchet must have been thinner in that area. The result is that the 'LIB' is not properly struck up.
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Valued Member
 United States
465 Posts |
Is that why the date looks almost doubled?  |
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Valued Member
Canada
54 Posts |
Very cool strike.Its definately one to reaseach.All the best
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Valued Member
United States
465 Posts |
The planchet is slightly concaved,I think thats the correct term,,but has resulted in doubling on the reverse,,would this be considered MD?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1164 Posts |
That is a cool find. I'll to look for that type now. Again....I learned something new today!
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Valued Member
United States
465 Posts |
Hoosier,,dont look just yet,,lets see what a few more pros say,,they may tell me to spend it,,,
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1164 Posts |
Still looks neat to me. The picture really shows the difference in the letters.
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Valued Member
United States
462 Posts |
On post-1982 cents, the strike sometime causes the copper plating to ripple off the mostly zinc planchet. That may be what's happening to the date.
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Valued Member
United States
465 Posts |
Check out the reverse,,once again is this MD?The more I look at it I am not sure,,I had put it the the re-roll box and pulled it back out to look at it again?thanks for any help   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3592 Posts |
I find a lot of this on 85 through 89 pennies...seems like they had a QC problem back then.
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Valued Member
United States
465 Posts |
Maineman,do you hang on to these,,and when you say you find a lot would you consider this common then?thanks,,
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3592 Posts |
rh13, no I don't hang on to them but remember, it's just a penny, so if you like it, keep it. I've been through 117,500 pennies in the last three months so yes I've seen quite a few. And I do hang on to the extreme MD even though they aren't valuable..I say do what makes you happy but know the value...the other thing to consider is that maybe I've been throwing away something good  When I find something unusual, I try to get 2 or 3 hundred of the same date and see if it shows more than one more time, if it does I'm fairly confident it is common. |
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Valued Member
United States
465 Posts |
Mainman,you agree it is strong MD?Have you seen the small "LIB" before,,the more of these late 80s I re-look at the more I see a possible pattern of what looks maybe like it is common,though I have not found another LIB as small..THanks alot
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3592 Posts |
Funny, I just came back to tell you the first 89 I pulled after the last post has the small LIB...it was a Philly coin though. It looks like MD, but I have to admit the pictures are not good enough to be positive...and that's why I say save it if your not sure.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You can notice the shady area around the left side (obv.)
Runs from In God and down. Notice how the IN is also smaller.
Die wear. The copper flows out from the middle of the coin
to the edges. Also you can see it on the end of the date.
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