3 pennies in question

The 83 has absolutely no rim on the left side

this might be dumb but the 79 just looks red

Lastly the 73 has a misalignment die? It’s rim is extremely deep and seems to be doubled on one side while the other side is half as thin with a shallow rim

TIA

 

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Need to see the reverses, Bob. Also, please post only one coin at a time to not confuse us old guys, Thanks!

 

Alright this will be my last exception

from r to l 79,73,83

 

Yep! Once side off. Therefore, "Misaligned Die errors". No added value if you are wondering but cool for educational purposes.

 

Thanks

 

The 1983 is a MAD as I explained for another coin yesterday. The rest look normal.

 

Sorry. Appreciate it though, and at what point do they warrant the penny desirable

 

All 3 are spenders unless you keep them for positions in a type set.

The ‘83 looks like a Zincoln, but you will never know until you weigh it.

The ‘79 reverse is Red but the obverse is brown and has blotches above and below LIBERTY.

The ‘73 is damaged. The deep circular gouge across the forehead was more than likely made by a coin wrapper device. Most collectors give a pass on these.

But, hey…you save/collect what you like and to Hades what anyone else thinks. It’s your collection.

The point that a coin becomes desirable depends on your criteria. Do you collect because you think the coin has value or if it will have value in the future? Or do you add a coin because you like the design? I can guarantee you one thing: you will save coins today from circulation and 20 years from now you will be asking yourself “Why did I save that thing?”…imo…Spark

 

Like some shirts I own, .

 

It’s up to the collector bit most collectors want a minimum of 5%.

 

On the misaligned die strike, one side will look like that and the other side will look normal. The larger the MAD the better. If BOTH sides are misaligned, then it is off center and will have more value. So you should always include a photo of the other side. It seems that smaller coins (dimes and pennies) are more often misaligned than larger coins, but I have seen them on quarters, dollar coins, etc.

 

A zincoln penny is made of copper correct? What would that be worth? I am looking everywhere and I can’t find what a ZINCOLN penny is sorry. Thanks in advance.

 

I’m assuming it’s made of copper because any normal 83 is mostly zinc so why would it have a different name?

 

A zincoln is made of zinc and coated with a very thin layer of copper. They started in mid 1982. That’s why they look so bad. And they are mostly worth on one cent.

 

Zincoln is the nickname collector’s have given to these horrible coins.

 

Okay got it now

 

In 1982 they made copper cents and zinc cents. It's a transition year.
It's a nice and easy set to collect, although the small dates are tougher to get.
(The ones that have very nice 2's.) In 1983 all of the cents were supposed to be zinc, but a few were made on the old copper planchets. Possibly a few that were at the bottom of a bin of planchets, or when they clean out the machine a few blanks were in there and someone just tossed them in with all the zinc blanks. Of course these are highly prized and worth a lot of money. But it is a billion to 1, less than a once in a lifetime find, don't bother.

 

And since you posted in the What's It Worth forum.. The answer is 3 Cents

 

Don't know about Metal detecting but in hockey, I'd call it a small "Hat Trick".

 

And in Soccer.. Messi, the world's greatest soccer player scored 2 hat tricks in his last 2 games!