After years of promising me the "family coin collection" ... I finally got it!! I'm overwhelmed with things to look at so please forgive me if I become annoying asking too many questions. ?? There are 6 or 7 plastic penny roll containers that are labeled "uncirculated" .. and me being super curious, I opened one. Turns out one roll is all 1957 D's. So I glanced thru a couple and they all look pretty normal.. and very shiny!! Then I saw this.. it looks like the 5 and 9 are filled in. With the 9 curling around.. is this an error? Also the back looks a bit strange.. there are 1957 and 1958 D's too if anyone collects them, let me know.
Those are called Die Chips. They are common on Cents Minted in the 1950's. Nothing really major. Worth about $2.00 - $3.00 each to collectors willing to buy them.
I'm excited for you! Thats going to be so cool to go through those coins. I got to go through my grandfather's coins and really enjoyed it. As well as learning from the great group of people here on CT ! Good luck and enjoy!
It really is so much fun.. I feel like I've barely slept since I got them because I'm going thru so many different things. There are a lot of foreign coins that I know nothing about. Lol. I feel like theres so much to learn. Ahhhh!! Haha Help!!
Lindsey your in the right spot to get the help you need and to learn. As far as the foreign coins, there are some members here that can help you with those and I'm sure somebody will point you in their direction. Good luck and happy hunting.