1987 d is this a kind of error????

Questions in the title obverse side looks to have an imaginary edge running through it. Reverse photo posted just in case someone wants to see it too.

 

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Hi Tasyia.. this is a common ocurrance in the newer Copper Plated Zinc Cents. I believe it to be a Deteriorated Die issue. Even though they don't have any high value I collect and keep them.

 

Oh ok sweet thank you! I hadn't come across them before so it was a new surprise. I like to collect woodies though they Dont hold a high value, I think they are cool and unique each one is so different from the last.

 

Here is one that I found this past week. Funny that is the same year as yours. ​

 

Maybe it's a common year for that error? That's still cool though! oh I found this today it's a 1960 in great shape I might add! But it looks like it has die chips??? Oh and on the second to last pic is another penny I found today and it's fairly off center and I'm not sure if it actually has an official error or ?? The last pic is of a Canadian I found today in one of my rolls, proud to say it's the oldest Iv found

 

87D - As has been mentioned, the ghosting you see is from an old die. This die deterioration is very common.

60D - Yup, these are die chips. The locations you see are very common. These don't garner a premium, but some of them can be cool.

73S - This appears to be a slightly misaligned die. The reverse is probably perfectly normal. MADs are extremely common on smaller coins, and don't earn a premium unless they are significant. On a MAD coin, the hammer die is slightly off center, but the anvil die is still perfectly centered. These will start to earn a small premium when it is off centered enough that design elements are missing.

56 - Canadian cents went for a very long time with little to no significant change in design or composition. If you live in a border state, it is more common to find them, but I find them even here in the South. I have found back to the 30's in circulation. Always cool

 

I live in wa so just a hop skip and a jump to the border and I do find a Canadian in almost every roll and sometimes 3-6 in one roll. It's quite funny the bank will sell you money you can't even use

 

Interesting. I never thought about it that way. Kind of like when new D Mintmark coins are let out they are found earlier in the West Coast and P Mintmark in the East coast.

 

Of course you can use them.. save them up and take a trip to Canada!

 

Ok ok how bout this. (I'm sure it's not a minting error) but what caused it? 1995 D is silver/ blue in color. Pictured next to a normal colored penny.

 

Corroded from environmental exposure.

 

I really don't see the colors you see. But I know that could be due to Environmental Damage. Buried most likely.

 

I thought so just wanted to reassure myself. I hate getting them in a roll because my first thought is "YAY A 1943 steel or possible aluminum!!!" Only to have my heart crushed by the environment haha

 

It's the light I take my pictures under I think I'm gonna try and see if it's different under a normal light

 

Your pictures appear very yellow. If you have a whiter light, try that. Or, if you have the ability to adjust your white balance you could try that. Its not terribly important for this coin - blue/black/brown/grey are all shades of environmental damage depending on what it encountered.

 

No I don't feel is really important since we have already come to a conclusion but just for the sake of acurate coloring oh and could you explain about the different coloring like the red,brown,red brown ect.? Iv tried looking it up but haven't really found much.

 

Read this link, it summarizes it well: http://coins.about.com/od/coingrading/tp/Grading-The-Color-Of-Copper-Coins.htm

 

It is a funny thing, the coin grading rules you were kind enough to link us to says nothing about pennies that are silver in color. My 1972 D is silver, NOT DIPPED, NOT TAMPERED WITH, but made by the mint. However, the grading company said it is of no value. Even though it is Nickel. All the way through. Maybe they need to add a column for the "Mystery Pennies" that make it all the way through the minting process, only to become of NO VALUE, because they are Nickel. Someone made an error and put Nickel in the penny press. I gave up on this a long time ago.
Good Luck - Girldly

 

No. A Nickel Planchet would not fit into the Chamber that mints Cents.. it's lager so it's impossible. The Grading companies can and will use different methods to test your "mystery" Cent... Good Luck to you