1985 penny error?

Good strategy. I'm sure name-calling will produce the results you came here looking for. Relax and have a little fun. It's just a hobby.

 

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That's you're or you are. Your is a possessive, buttbrain.

Chris

 

Hi.. Okay, got another one, what do you think about this one? Spend it or keep it?

 

English lesson,hhhmmm.. Thanks!!

 

I'm sorry. K, just a hobby.

 

You don't really believe that this is a mint error, do you?!
You might want to google how coins are minted.

 

Hey, i'm new at this! I tried to look up the machine that spits out these pennies, see how a penny could get scratched like that? Give me a break! That's why i'm asking you guys.. Oh and give me a site that i could look these up to make it easier for me.

 

If someone will take it, spend it.

And as for the earlier mentioned "D", pass it off as pareidolia.

Welcome to the forum, Curly. Just don't forget to put your thick skin on before signing in.

 

Have a priest give it last rites!

"Road Rash"

Chris

 

I'd say keep it. But whatever you do, don't clean it, as that will hurt its numismatic value. And handle it by the edges, you don't want to get fingerprints on it.

 

Here's a start...

http://doubleddie.com/58201.html

Although dedicated to varieties as opposed to errors, it's a great site that can teach you much.

 

Thank you. Very pleased to be here.

 

That's the problem that most newcomers to collecting errors have. Post-mint damage (PMD) is not listed as a "non-error". So, the collector doesn't know what the non-error is called. You might want to purchase a book on errors such as "Official Price Guide to Mint Errors" by Alan Herbert. At least, then, you will get an idea of what constitutes a true Mint error.

Chris

 

K thanks.

 

What is it ?

 

Eddiespin was being sarcastic.

Coins get used for currency. You'll find them in cash register drawers bouncing all around and getting hit by other coins. they get dropped, driven over in parking lots, used as a buffering in hammering (I do that, lol); stored up by the tonnage in purses, shipped by Loomis and other money transport companies in large heavy bags, etc. They are handled roughly over time. None of these examples are listed anywhere as non-errors because non-errors are endless.