I was looking at a private collection today and seen a 1936 penny in pretty good shape and it has a dot under the six. As I am an complete idiot about such things i never realized until I got home and looked on line. I have read the previous threads on the 36 and was wondering about the dot placement. All literature just say's the dot was to be placed under the date, with no specific place suggested. I have seen the pictures but they are of only a few specimen's , well I was just wondering???
This is the one that was sold earlier this year. It sold for $402,500.00. There are only three known.
I have seen the pictures, read the articles and actually looked up the legislation and all it says ( aside from the three known specimens apparent placement ) is that the dot is to placed under the date and no specific placement was assigned, at least not from what I have been reading. Yes it makes sense that they would be in the same place..but !. I am sure that the reality of it all is that the mint minted alot more than just three ! Even if they melted them back down the amount of pennies being made in a year is quit large. But I dont know thats why I ask. I will be going back to buy it tomorrow and look at it with my microsope and if it looks like something I will post a picture.
A member on one of my metal detecting forums found a 1936 with a dot in almost the same location as the one in the pic above. She took it in and was told "no dot" even though one was visible. It wasn't in the exact location and that was enough to have it dismissed.
hmmm..that would suck. I wonder why they dismiss them so easily when the mints track record speaks for itself when it comes to mistakes and such.
Made a mistake on the "sold" price, it was $402,500. http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=3008&Lot_No=20009#photo I guess there have been a lot of counterfeits through the years. I don't know what the diagonstic markers would be for this coin but it didn't take long for the examiner to make his determination.
I found this in my old coin collection from about 20 years ago. trying to find out if its real or not.
wow. I am no expert but i definatly would bring that to one. i would never let it out of my sight......lol
No, the "dot" is too high and too far right. it also appears the "dot" is being formed by metal pushed up from a hit on the coin.
