Hello! My 8 year old daughter brought me a penny from her "piggy bank'. It is a 1983 penny and it has a reverse impression of the word "cent" on the back side of the coin. However, the size of the letters look slightly smaller than the "CENT" lettering on the main part of the coin. Could any one tell me what the value of this coin is? my daughter is very excited about her discovery!! :hail:Thank you!
Picture Wow! Taking pictures of a penny is not exactly easy! My digital camera is not taking a clear enough picture - I will try and post one in a few days. Any information you could lend until then would be greatly appreciated!
Picture time!! Thank you for all of the responses and welcomes! We finally have a picture of our coin. Please let me know what you think! :whistle: Marion and Mommy
Unfortuneately it looks like this is not a mint error but rather something done later by someone to make it look like an error. I would call it damage.
this is most commonly refered to as a "hammer job". The damage on the obverse was caused either by the surface the coin was on when hit or was caused by the hammer. Definite post mint damage Richard
Welcome to the Forum! I agree, someone did what is called a squeeze job on this cent. They placed it with another cent in a vice and squeezed it making the impression of one cent on the other. That is the reason the word cent is backward.
Thanks anyway! Thank you for your replies! Too bad its not real, but on the upside my daughter and I have been bit by the "coin collecting bug"! :goofer: I have some old French coins and Morgan dollars. She has some coins her grandfather gave her, so we are going to slowly start building our collection. I will never look at my change the same again!! Thanks! :hug:
