The Red book (1998 don't have the current one) lists this for $300. I have a nickel on a Cent that is in about the same price range. [img]
I like them all. They were all unique and different from the examples in the past have been. Maybe a different one each year?
How does the thickness appear with other cents stacked together? That might be a help.
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With the addition of nickel and and thicker planchets, the steel dies take more of a beating than other dies that get used a lot less that the...
Looks more like a scratch. I was looking at the design from the stars toward the rim, but checking another example, that is part of the design.
The rim ding appears to be a small rim cud. The doubling may be common Longacre doubling in that area or machine doubling. Hard to tell with the...
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Get rid of the dollar bills and use the coins, fill the old dollar slot with $2 bills and put the dollar coins in the spot where the halves used...
Try buying a book to hold your pennies? All books for U.S. Coins are Cents/half cents/Indian Cents. But Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, Halves, Dollars...
Sounds like it would if you place a known silver coin on the proof set and compare the color with other coins in the set. [img] Use just one layer...
Or it may have been dipped or someone tried and failed to remove the plating. But they do turn UGLY quickly in circulation.
Post mint damage. You can see on the edge of the coin at 3:00 where is was held by something during the brutal attack with another cent and a hammer.
Longacre doubling is one the die. Machine doubling is caused by the die movement during the strike. Longacre doubling only appears on coins that...
Probably what Texas Mom has is machine doubling. That is common on the circulating coins now days. Some years worse than others.
don't forget to check for RPD's (Re-Punched Dates). These can also be valuable. The examples in the images are not Indian heads, but the same...
Those aren't Pennies, They are Cents. LOL Edited my image with a real penny. http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/coop49/1967_Penny.jpg...
That is called Longacre doubling and is very common on the series.
[img] I remember when these were selling for big bucks.
I've heard that they reverse the direction after each change of the obverse designs.
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