I've looked for 1964d penny errors everywhere and nothing. I'm hoping I've found the first. Here are a few things That stand out about this penny's The word "trust" is almost completely covered The 'B' in 'Liberty' is missing of filled in on top hoop The 'R' in 'Liberty' looks like it was doubled die 'GOD' is thick and has an outline towards upper edge Jefferson looks wider/longer than other pennies With a magnifying glass I can see thatJefferson's back has a thinner layer on bottom. I am new at this so any help would be greatly appreciated. I can provide more pictures upon request. Thank you.
PMD. Some call these "dryer coins" where the penny got stuck in the internals of a cliths dryer and was endlessly rolled which is what causes the rim to flatten out and roll up onto the words near the edges. Its definitely NOT a mint error but a coin which has received damage way after minting. Keep Looking! Ref: http://www.cointalk.com/threads/1956d-cent-dryer-coin-or-mint-error.233190/#post-1751497 Ref-02: http://www.cointalk.com/threads/1996-d-kennedy-oddity.222113/#post-1631353 Ref-03: http://www.cointalk.com/threads/1966.208736/#post-1473650
What do you mean? It's a HUGE error! How many Jefferson cents do you think have been produced by the Mint? Chris
Welcome to the forum. It is easily recognized as a damaged coin because no part of the minting process could have produced the effects you see. The Lincoln cent composition is much softer than most imagine and can be can be moved around with little force.
I have to agree with the guys that this one is PMD. even the lettering is just the end results of the coin being somehow compressed at the edges. On the other hand who wouldn't want to own a 1064 Jefferson penny
Haha 1964 my bad. I guess that since I've never seen an error coin in person that idk what exactly to look for. I know there are pix to help but to me it's still not the same. Thanks for the help and sarcasm guys.
heres a good site to check out http://error-ref.com/ when i started collecting as a teen (before computers) i had no idea what errors looked like, i remember finding a clipped planchet penny an spending it, once had a penny that i now know was a broadstrike, but thought someone just smashed it with a hammer, spent that too,an now know a little more after research on web an still learning, i also search error coins on ebay an find that i can actualy pick out coins being sold that are not true errors (die deterioration doubling, MD, PMD), just dont give up, educate yourself, you'll find em!
Thank you for the info. I will not give up. Looking at coins consumes a good bit of my time since I am unemployed (and hyperfocus). As far as educating myself about error coins, I can only read a little bit at a time because my ADD. It seems that I can pay attention longer when there is a video playing. Got any links for some good beginners tutorials? Yes the thought of finding a coin that someone will pay $32,500 for clouds my head. Who couldn't use 32.5k? Lol. But I did look at this coin for hours. I didn't want to see one little thing and post it. I studied this coin hard. But what I find odd is that you can look up 'most valuable coins' and things of that nature but I didn't see anything about 'dyer coins' or 'how to spot a fake error coin'. Maybe someone should start a website with beginners tutorials and how to videos. I'll be the Guinea pig lol
The "key" is in "understanding" the Minting Process. Once you understand that process then its an easy step to figure out what went wrong or in your case what "didn't" go wrong. The knowledge about the appearance of your coin comes through visiting web pages (like Coin Talk), asking questions and most importantly, listening to the answers. Good Luck. PS - Coins can be VERY rewarding but more often than not, disappointing.
Thank you for the positive feed back. I'm not going to get disappointed in something I have little control over. If error coins were easy to find then I'm sure they wouldn't be so high priced and 'rare'
