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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 09-19-2009, 12:54 PM   #1 (permalink) Marion511 Junior Member   Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4 My Mood: 1983 partial brockage Hello! My 8 year old daughter brought me a penny from her "piggy bank'. It is a 1983 penny and it has a reverse impression of the word "cent" on the back side of the coin. However, the size of the letters look slightly smaller than the "CENT" lettering on the main part of the coin. Could any one tell me what the value of this coin is? my daughter is very excited about her discovery!! Thank you!   09-19-2009, 12:56 PM   #2 (permalink) LostDutchman exsisto magister     Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,166 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 Is there any way we can get a picture of it? __________________ Matt Dinger Lost Dutchman Rare Coins   09-19-2009, 01:37 PM   #3 (permalink) rockdude Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: ca. Posts: 2,145 My Mood: Welcome to the forum Marion511. A picture is a must. __________________ An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have. Andy Warhol   09-19-2009, 06:39 PM   #4 (permalink) Marion511 Junior Member   Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4 My Mood: Picture Wow! Taking pictures of a penny is not exactly easy! My digital camera is not taking a clear enough picture - I will try and post one in a few days. Any information you could lend until then would be greatly appreciated!   09-21-2009, 07:47 AM   #5 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 16,663 Marion: Welcome to the forum. __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....wUpcoming_1208   09-21-2009, 11:20 AM   #6 (permalink) jello Numismatist     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,842 My Mood: 1st Welcome to Cointalk ***You need to post a photo of it so we can tell you what you have found __________________ no one right 100% of the time ***The only dumb question is the one not asked***   09-21-2009, 11:53 AM   #7 (permalink) just coins Just coins dealer   Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: upstate NY Posts: 1,313 My Mood: Jazzcoins Joe please try and post a pic Attached Thumbnails     09-23-2009, 06:30 PM   #8 (permalink) Marion511 Junior Member   Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4 My Mood: Picture time!! Thank you for all of the responses and welcomes! We finally have a picture of our coin. Please let me know what you think! Marion and Mommy Attached Thumbnails       09-23-2009, 06:39 PM   #9 (permalink) LostDutchman exsisto magister     Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,166 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 Unfortuneately it looks like this is not a mint error but rather something done later by someone to make it look like an error. I would call it damage. __________________ Matt Dinger Lost Dutchman Rare Coins   09-23-2009, 06:50 PM   #10 (permalink) ziggy9 Coin Collector     Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pats country! Posts: 1,701 My Mood: this is most commonly refered to as a "hammer job". The damage on the obverse was caused either by the surface the coin was on when hit or was caused by the hammer. Definite post mint damage Richard __________________ My ancient Romans http://www.cointalk.com/forum/member...y9/albums/245/ My Byzantines http://www.cointalk.com/forum/member...y9/albums/308/ MEMBER ANA, NENA, BNS ................ "NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO"   09-23-2009, 06:55 PM   #11 (permalink) andy21us Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: TX Posts: 1,139 My Mood: Welcome to the Forum! I agree, someone did what is called a squeeze job on this cent. They placed it with another cent in a vice and squeezed it making the impression of one cent on the other. That is the reason the word cent is backward. __________________ To honor fallen PJ who have died in the line of Duty, that others may live.   09-23-2009, 07:18 PM   #12 (permalink) Marion511 Junior Member   Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4 My Mood: Thanks anyway! Thank you for your replies! Too bad its not real, but on the upside my daughter and I have been bit by the "coin collecting bug"! I have some old French coins and Morgan dollars. She has some coins her grandfather gave her, so we are going to slowly start building our collection. I will never look at my change the same again!! Thanks!   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Tags 1983, brockage, error, partial, penny Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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