Hello, Well this is my first posting so if I did anything wrong, please let me know. With that said, I bought this BU 1955-S Lincoln Wheat Cent about a year, maybe year and a half ago sight unseen. I receive the coin and upon looking it over, I notice a possible error. It appears to be extra metal or dirt in the word "Liberty" on the obverse. I'm wondering what it's worth, should I consider getting it graded, are their anymore reported, and any info. I talked to a local coin collector/coin dealer friend of mine and he suggested I should get it graded. You guys' opinions and thoughts would be great also. Here's the pics, Thanks everyone and big thanks to being able to be a part of this site
That helps a bunch. I forgot what the name of that was called and couldn't think of it no matter what. That's great. Thanks! P.S. Never heard of that site, very interesting.
I sent a BIE to NGC to get it graded and attributed but they didn't recognize it as an error. Save your $$$! It's a nice BIE but common in Cents from the 50' and 60's. I have a few 90's BIE Cents. You can also find IIB and EIR Die Cracks also.
Wow, thanks for the great help and advice everyone. Pretty amazing to find such a great place just by searching Google. lol Getting back to the coin, kinda surprised it was that common but good to know, cause who knows..... now I may try and collect others from that time period. And since a coin was already sent in for that reason and they didn't consider it anything really, I won't get it graded. Final question is, how do my pictures look?
Welcome to CT. Pictures look better than mine, I just usually just the auction images. You can also try multiple light sources to help eliminate shadows.
Nice gem. It could have been made by the same die, then again with over 1000 types of "BIE" error it's unlikely.
I forgot to say something very important... WELCOME To Cointalk!! I hope you like it as much as I do. Without Cointalk I would have no clue about half the coins I own.
Wow, Paddymans you are right. Ours coins are almost identical, neat! And thank you Coinman for the welcome! Your right about learning stuff, I never knew there were that many Die Break errors. lol Oh and believe it or not, these pictures were taken with my smartphone. lol
Ok guys, new coin to be shown. 1922-P Peace Dollar. Coin was Uncirculated according to seller, I have my second guesses, I say it's AU-55 or higher, reason being, the "One" on the reverse looks a little worn and the contact marks throughout. Your opinions and thoughts would be great!
Just wondering why they don't attribute those as errors? Is that the same for all die cracks or chips or is because they are common? Nice gem Lincoln by the way.
Hard to really tell, but I think it's more a weak strike than circulation. That being said she really took a beating from something, so it might be AU although with my monitor I don't see wear I see weakness. No offense but those marks are so distracting the coin is ugly to me but if you got it close to melt I would have bought it as well just wouldn't show it off in an album.
Yeah and see that's where I had trouble myself. Wear or Weak Strike? I actually traded some Hot Wheel cars for it (my other hobby) and got it basically for around 15 bucks. The contact marks came out much better (or worse, depending how you look at it) in the pictures then I first thought. They don't look nearly as bad in hand and I actually plan to put it in my album, it just looks that good in hand but yes, they are still prevalent.
This is a paragraph from the NGC website - "NGC also grades and encapsulates Mint Error coins. Most Proof Mint Error coins struck prior to 1985 are eligible and coins struck after that date are eligible on a case-by-case basis. NGC does not recognize as Mint Error coins those with minor die chips, breaks, rotations, etc., that fall within our interpretation of mint tolerance. The determination of what constitutes a Mint Error is at the discretion of NGC."
