Its an 1822 Large Cent. A little dark but that's okay with me. It's also a little rough but what do you expect when the reverse is missing? Yes it's another split planchet. That's 3 of them I have. This one is very difficult to photograph but its see able.
Here's my oldest error 5th Century AD Arcadius struck 40% off center. Intact enough legend to read emperor's name. XF grade.
Thanks, like I said, it's dark but it's nice. Really, what does anyone expect in a coin that's 198 years old with the reverse completely missing. Lol
Those are both nice, im still trying to find a 1943 D Lincoln copper,,,, lol,,, don't think you find those in your backyard. Are those worth grading???? Im still kind of a newbie, still trying to learn
I'd say yes for Collecting Nut, since some large cent collectors really go crazy for varieties and errors. Mine is more of a curiosity than anything
If you found a copper 1943 D, then you could potentially retire early. https://www.cnn.com/style/article/1943-copper-penny-auction-style/index.html Here's a news report on one that sold for $204,000 in 2019.
More of a dream with the 43,lol.... so your coin is 5th century!!!! And an error,,,, sooooo, age isn't everything??
For errors, age is not always everything. For collectors in the US, they're all about US errors. Surprisingly, the "dramatic" ones like an off-center strike are not worth as much as you'd think. It's often the more "minor" errors that are worth the most - the infamous 1955 Double Die Obverse Lincoln cent is a great example. For US collectors, foreign-coin errors are all but worthless in many cases. Brazil has one of the most extreme double-die coins ever, but nobody in this country really wants them so the price is therefore considerably lower than even a minor DDO US coin.
My oldest error is an 1819 British six pence. US errors of the same era tend to be too expensive for me...
"Hey Maximus, shouldn't we throw this in the reject pile?" "No, Decius, I'm sure nobody will notice." 1500 years later
As an aside, off-center strikes of US coinage are almost always worth a decent amount. This is because it is much more difficult for the machines striking coins to fail in this manner. All ancient coins are hand-struck, so it is much easier for them to be off center. In fact, off-centering on ancient coins reduces value, sometimes considerably as compared to a well-centered example. My Arcadius coin is probably worth less than half the amount of a well-centered coin of the same type.
Since it's damaged it won't be graded. But you can send it for an attribution. Mint Errors are sent for them to be Attributed. It would be just fine in a coin flip. You don't need to send every mint error for grading and attribution.
Age actually means nothing moneywise in my opinion. The thing that makes coins valuable is rarity. Like ancient coins can sell for $1, and a 2020 w penny can sell for more than $25. Sometimes even $400 in MS70 condition.