Hi everybody, Lately i have found a wheat penny that look very odd to me, it's a lincoln penny but the date on it seems to be 194(0), but the zero seems to me to be a reverse upside down D??????EUUUUUH Please help.
Hi Mikediamond, Thanks for your reply is this penny a 1940? or what? ???have you already seen some others like this one . Thanks
Yes, 1940. And yes, I have seen many cents damaged in this way. Often 1941 cents with this sort of damage are peddled as the "slanted 1 variety".
When I was younger I traded coins with a local collector who showed me several slanted 1 1941 cents. I really think that it is a variety, not damage. they are all completely consistent, damaged coins would be different.
Hi, Think about this for a second. If they were all damaged in the same way, wouldn't they all look the same? These are not a variety, they are , as Mike said, damaged by a coin wrapping machine. This type of damage can be found on coins of any date. Have Fun, Bill
I have 2 of the 1941 slanted 1 Lincoln Cents and I contacted coppercoins.com as to whats going on with so many similar coins. Thier answer was as noted here, damaged. Not from the Mint that way. However, I am suspicious as to this explanation. I have checked out mine with a microscope and could not see any signs of the one being moved. I keep hearing there is no way the die at the Mint could be damaged to created such an error but I still am very doubtfull as to that explanation. If someone dosen't know for sure, it would be better to just say I don't know. As to the 1940 though, yes for sure I THINK that that was only a after Mint damaged item.
I have a upside down D in the zero door on my 1940. I've seen several others online exactly the same. There's no way that's PMD. They are all Exactly the same
Please read post #2 above. Even though the thread is old, the explanation is correct. There is no other possible cause for this type of damage as it cannot occur in the minting or die making process.
