Misprint or just wear on shield penny?

I found a curious looking penny in my change jar, it seems that the "states of america" is missing from the reverse. It does not seem like obvious wear since the "United" is still prominent and the raised edge is still present, but I do see some wear at the end of "One Cent". I was looking for more input on whether this may be some sort of misprint or probably just wear. Thanks.

 

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Looks like a greaser to me decent find.

 

A nice grease filled die caused. Common but yours is missing or weak in more areas. And it’s a Cent, not a Penny. Says so on the reverse. And coins are minted, not printed. Paper money is printed. Welcome to CT.

 

Hello and Welcome. All coins are "Struck" not minted. Minted means...
ADJECTIVE
BRITISH
informal

1. having a lot of money; rich.
   

 

And it's the only year a P mint mark was added for the cent. Good find.

 

Huh? That makes no sense.. Coins are definitely struck during the Minting Proccess

 

So are these....

 

Just because I love this topic and I go to the source, who also call it a penny:

https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-medal-programs/circulating-coins/penny

 

Welcome to Coin Talk @makeithail. Interesting "handle" to go by, but why on Earth would anyone want to make it hail?
You being new to this site, we have no idea how knowledgeable you are in coin collecting (numismatics) so it's hard to judge how much information to give you.

We at CT try to help new members as much as possible. If you just found an odd looking coin and wanted to find out if it is worth more than face value, we can do that too.

There are a ton of good online sites that can answer a number of your questions, so do some reading and self education. Google the information and it will come up.

Your coin most likely had excess grease fill those recessed areas, preventing the metal from entering and becoming part of the coin. We call that type of coin a greaser. They are fun to find, but don't have much value above face, unless quite unusual.

Hope this helps. Read all you can and educate yourself and come to us for help when you can't find answers. Good luck.

 

Welcome to CT!

Sweet grease filled die error btw, always nice to find a keeper in the wild!

A hint: To help us see your pictures easier, when you load them choose the option that is NOT a thumbnail(Full Image). Like soMy Quarter missing clad layer on the reverse that I found this past week in a Coinstar machine)

 

Typical government. The coin states ONE CENT and they called it something else.

 

Thanks all for the useful info, I am in no way knowledgeable in this area, I was mostly just checking to see if it's rare enough to warrant throwing it on eBay.

@Mountain Man "Make It Hail"

 

Well that makes it exclusive. Doubt many others ever heard of the expression, but thanks for the mental image of you doing it. LOL

 

Go to the actual source. The law says it's a cent.

31 U.S. Code § 5112 - Denominations, specifications, and design of coins

(a)The Secretary of the Treasury may mint and issue only the following coins:

(6) except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, a one-cent coin that is 0.75 inch in diameter and weighs 3.11 grams.

(c) The Secretary may prescribe the weight and the composition of copper and zinc in the alloy of the one-cent coin that the Secretary decides are appropriate when the Secretary decides that a different weight and alloy of copper and zinc are necessary to ensure an adequate supply of one-cent coins to meet the needs of the United States.

 

Just saying, these weren't made for England....


just saying, have any of you diction sticklers ever tried to find "cent boxes", or "cent wrappers"?

 

The Law is the instrument to allow them to be minted (after congressional approval of course), not the source of the coins. The Mint, the source of the coins, calls it a penny, in spite of what the approval process calls it.

 

But it is the source of the legal name of the coin. The mint is the source of the physical coin, the law is the source of the name.