Is it the dilated pupil variety ?
Die chip for sure. They were collected at one time but there is almost no interest now and little to no extra value.
Concerning the CDN (Greysheet). I SELL, over the counter, at CDN bid for the majority of US coins. Of course there are many exceptions but you can...
Anywhere. Some collectors never try to sell a coin and can have unrealistic expectations as to their values. I'm not saying this is the case here...
$51??? Have you sold any of your coins yet?
It looks like it took a hit outside the mint but even if it is a mint error, it is so minor that it wouldn't make it into my stock.
Looks like a planchet lamination to me.
OP's coin is a normal cent that has been damaged outside of the mint.
This thread is 7 years old. You should start your own thread with your cent. (Which I believe is a regular and normal cent that has been chrome...
Take a punch and mark in "COPY" in very deep punches. Someone else is bound to be caught by that sooner or later.
Yaaaawn. I'm pretty sure I'll have no trouble falling asleep now.
How about struck through something other than grease?
I just see a normal cent.
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I can't seem to picture where in the minting process this could happen but I imagine it may be during the die preparation.
I found a bottom loop of an eight on my shop floor just before I vacced yesterday!
Nice example of the 1979 one cent from the United States.
If you want to see what Rare Tim looks like; see "Troll" in the Meriam-Webster's........
I found an old candy tin from the civil war filled with them once. Have started listing them on eBay. Have sold about 50 of them with about 150...
The brown threw me off.
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