i found this penny in my pocket change today. it is a 1973 penny in VF. i could feel the side of the penny with lincoln on it. this side seems raised to me, most pennies you cant feel his silhouette on the side very well. they are usually pretty flat. are there error coins in this kind of way? i have never seen anything like this before. i will get you guys a picture as soon as i can. thanks.
We would really need to see a pic when you can get one, but sounds like it had a sharp strike, which would make it feel a bit more raised than usual. But that is only my opinion, which could change by what the pics show. Good luck. :thumb: Phoenix
Hardly, I could tell far more lies with pictures, and more convincing ones at that, than I ever could with words Don't always trust pictures for they don't always tell the truth. If you can trust the person then you can trust their pics - otherwise you can't.
it seems to be that some pre 1980 cents are very well embossed... if that's what you mean... especially the 1960 series
I noticed with both nickels and half dollars as I search those regularly, that the strikes had more contour, but less detail. All the late nineties and especially the ones in the last few years, the strike has been extremely flat, but contains much more subtle detail. Now I wonder if they are making a similar mistake like they have in the past with coins like the buffalo nickel where there is not enought contrast for key elements like the date. In 30 years, are we going to be looking at coins from the 2000-2007 era and see nothing but flat discs of metal because all the detail wore off?
error coin if i get any error coin. i will sell it right away. good profit. i don't to collect them. it is ugly.
here are a couple pics i took these are the best i can get. sorry. the face side is the side that seems unusually high to me.
I know what he is talking about because I have one also. It is noticeable to the eye...almost like Lincoln had a second layer added to him
I think it might be because they raised the relief of the portrait in 1970 - it was lowered again in 1974. One way to check would be to compare the coin with other '73 cents with an equal amount of wear.
i noticed too alot of cents from the 60's and 70's look like they have been struck harder than normal cents. i guess its the copper that does that. keep it, its worth 2 cents!(because of the copper) also, try not to use the word "penny" i know thats the way people say it, but a penny is a british coin. a cent is an american coin.
Fiscal year 1973 the Philidelphia mint coined 1,700,000,000 cents from metal strip and plachets made within the mint and the balance of its cents coinage was the product of strip obtained from commercial contractors and also the mint introduced a new reverse hub. Maybe this is the mint planchet or contractor and was softer and with the new reverse hub - made the strike better. Just my Opinion
