I think I may have something pretty special. I need help!!

Hi everyone, my name is Nikki and I'm brand new to this site and coin collecting as a whole. I started a few months back because my Grandmother has been a coin collector since she was 11 and has really gotten me interested. She doesn't know too much about newer coins however and can't really help much with what I've found so I was hoping you guys could assist me a little better. I happened to find a 2004 Denver mint penny that appears to be a proof penny. It's got a totally different color (almost goldish) and a mirror like background. It does seem to be missing that "frosty" type texture everyone talks about but it has the extra detail and looks identical to the proof penny my grandma has in one of her sets. So here's where my confusion comes in, like I said its from the Denver mint or so it says but I cannot find anything whatsoever online about any 2004 proof Pennys from Denver ever being made. I can only find them from San Fransisco. So I was wondering if this could be some kind of error....maybe the wrong mint mark or maybe someone forgetting to switch the die before making business strike pennies since it is missing that frosty appearance? Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could have or do you know of a small number of proof pennies from Denver that year? Do you think this could be something of value? Thank you for any help you can provide! Also I don't have access to an actual computer currently so I'm having to use my phone and it's not allowing me to attached the photos I've taken but I will get them up ASAP!

 

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welcome to the group and we look forward to the pics. :thumb:

 

Welcome! Pics are necessary. If it has a "D" mint mark, it cannot possibly be a proof.

 

Please post good photos. Without them we can only guess. My guess (without seeing a photo) is that you may have a PL (Prooflike) coin. When new dies are put into a coin press the first few coins struck by them will often have much sharper details and smoother fields than the coins struck by the dies after they have worn.

 

Thanks!

Thank you all for your welcome! Like I said I have no way to post to this site since it requires a computer but maybe I could email to you? Or possibly post on my twitter and give you the link. Would that work?

 

http://t.co/cKIoB3bq

 

http://t.co/Z1ELIQ4F

 

http://t.co/jNFQu3OR

 

http://t.co/tpWfivns

 

Your link does not work.

 

Hopefully those work for everyone to see! Like I said they aren't great photos because they don't show the clear gold color of the penny. If you hold it up to a regular penny is it distinctly different. It looks like a gold penny. I will try to get a shot of two side by side to share

 

i verify that the links are safe - they take you to the pics posted from twitter.

 

can you take a picture of a 'normal' cent next to your 'weird' one? i'm not sure i see anything, but if we are focusing on color, something to compare it to would be most useful.

 

Looks polished.

 

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Hopefully these are working for you guys...

http://t.co/3qTbsGwS

 

I think it's cleaned with some chemical, looks like it anyway.

 

I've got to disagree with that I think because there are no scratches or signs of wear and tear or anything to suggest it would have needed cleaning. Plus it is not even close to the same color as a brand new just out of the mint penny. I wish the photos better depict that.

 

I was looking through wheat cents rolls a few weeks ago and there were some that looked goldish and shiny. It's usually because someone took a coin, soaked it in vinegar and took an eraser to it. But yours could be something else I can't really tell from the pictures.

 

Scratches would never show up as the result of sometype of chemical dip. Scratches only occur if the coin is rubbed or scrubbed with some type of abrasive.

As for the color, typically these copper plated zincolns change color when exposed to something beit water, heat, soap, etc.

While your coin appears nice in the photographs you've supplied, photo's that show much more detail are needed. A proof coin, especially a Lincoln will have sharp edges and actually appear thicker than a normal production cent. By that, I mean the the edges are literally sharp.



Pick out the proof Lincoln!

 

I like that comparison 19Lyds!