off center find

Just found this and thought i'd let you know.
I cant BELIEVE something like this could make its way into circulation and stay for so many years.

 

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Nice find, worth about $8.

 

I always wondered, how major offcenter errors make it to circulation... This would never fit in a bank wrapped roll! Anybody have insight on how dramatic errors like this make it to circulation?

BTW... NICE FIND!!!

 

Sweet! I have never found a Lincoln that far off centered, and I have looked through an awful lot of Lincolns.

 

that sucker is really off, nice find

 

Maybe it was sent out in bags?

John

 

Tempest:
Where did you find it? Not in a roll I presume.

 

Of course not. It was in some change from Wal Mart I believe. suckers.
8 bucks huh? now if i could just make the same profit on EVERY penny...

 

There is 2x profit on every pre 1982 cent.

 

lol 2x profit IF someone buys them. and why is 1982 so special?

 

82 is when they changed them to zinc, before it was copper

 

No profit on something you can't melt!

Michael

 

It's a shame I ever read that law. It says it is only illegal to KNOWINGLY melt them.

 

Wow! That baby is REALLY off-center. Nice find.

 

Ooops. Sorry my collection of 50,000 cents accidentally fell into the forge! :mouth:

Michael

 

You just made $1000 from $500 worth of change!

 

Cool. Then after $9000.00 more dollars and 5 years later I could enjoy that money. :mouth:

Michael

 

That's right! lol

 

I still like that coin. I've got 5 1990 cents just as off as that one. These were supposed to be from the same coin bag. I love them, all dates showing.

 

you can't melt silver coins, but people still buy them for $10 each. same for copper cents in the future. nice off center!