Looking for Info on weak stamped penny

Hello everyone,
I found this penny, it has no visible date because i believe it was mis-stamped. There is no detail on Lincoln's bust, basically it's just a raised silhouette. The edges of the coin seem intact, so i don't think it was flattened on purpose. So it's either weakly stamped, or got softened and smoothed somehow. Any ideas on how much it may be worth or if it is possible to tell if it was in fact a print error?

thanks

-chris

 

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Before I can suggest what this may be I need to know what the reverse of the coin looks like, picture if possible
Richard

 

same type of thing, not much detail on it.
picture attached

 

Its possible that this is what is called a die adjustment strike. It occurs when they are adjusting the die so that it strikes to just the right depth to give the proper image.

 

Here are 2 examples of quarters that are die adjustment strikes.

http://coins.shop.ebay.com/?_from=R...313&_nkw="die+adjustment+strike"&_sacat=11116

I wouldn't read too much into thew prices being asked as i feel they may be too much but it will show that they are similar to the coin you have.

Richard

 

the weight woiud help and i did think of that but the reverse rim shows a sharp edge that i don't think would remain on an acid dipped cent. All the ones that i dipped as a kid showed severe erosion of the rims befor the image got anywhere this weak.

Richard

 

yes, and I think an acid dip would cut down the rim equally on both sides if it cut the image equally on both sides.

 

Now you've made me go to the vault. This is a die adjustment strike that has been confirmed by Charles Daughtry of Coppercoins.com A cent that has been dipped long enough to lose this much detail would have a very coarse and grainy surface with no sharp edges whatsoever.

 

if the acid was justdropped on the coin It would still leave the surface pitted by this point. In fact I have never seen an acid dipped coin with this little detail even when they are wafer thin.

Richard

 

Maybe someone can get mikediamond to take a look at this.

 

cool

thanks guys, the pic you just posted does look very similar to my coin

 

Chris your coin is very nice and definetely worthy of being slabbed by a TPG. Very nice!

 

awesome coin nice find!!!!

 

Thanks! But i'm kinda new, so could you define for me "slabbed"? and "TPG"?
lol! - sorry.

thanks.

-Chris

 

Slabbed means to encase it in plastic with a grade and authentication inside the capsule. this is done by a TPG or third party grader. In this case though, I think the cost of slabbing is almost as much if not more than you could expect to get for this coin and therefor not worth it.

Just my opinion,
Richard

 

excellent. Thanks for all your help everyone. I'll keep my eyes out for more random coin finds.


have a good one,

-Chris