I have a 1985 D error penny I believe. I appears to be clipped on the front and back. The front also has America upside down on the bottom of the front as well as a partial latin stamp on Lincoln's left shoulder. The back also appears to have America stamped again over the united states on the top. I am new to collecting so I am having a hard time trying to figure out exactly what to call these errors if they are actually errors and how to value such a coin. Any help from the community to provide what info you can on these matters would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
What happened was that a coin got stuck on the anvil die and imprinted on the obverse of this coin. The "latin script" is part of "e pluribus unum" backwards, it also explains "america" upside down. Error coin or damaged coin, it occured during minting. No idea about value. I am the most junior of members, and got swatted with my first submission.
That is incorrect. The incuse and mirrored elements indicate that this coin was tampered with outside of the mint. Someone took 2 cents, put them in a clamp or some other tool, and squeezed them together so that the image of 1 was transferred to the other. Hence, the incuse and inverse lettering. The damage to the rim only solidifies my hypothesis. It is a damaged coin and worth 1 cent. Keep up the hunt!
I agree with non cents, and to add to his comments, the two areas on the rim that you think are clips are not. A clip is an entire piece of the edge missing which occurs when the blanks are being punched out of the sheet of metal. If you look closely at the one on the reverse above UNITED, you can actually see the inner line of the rim, and there is corrosion in the same position opposite it on the obverse. This suggests that a tool was used to mash it and the resultant damage to the obverse allowed it to corrode. Chris
The amount of damage seemed excessive and inconsistent from other error coins I have seen examples of. I was not sure so I turned to the cointalk community for some help and I'm glad I did. Thanks for all your help and info and maybe with a little luck I will find a nice coin to post about again cheers
