Penny error list?

Hey everybody, I'm looking for a penny error list online and can't find anything! I'm very new to collecting and even newer to this site, any advice or words of wisdom are greatly appreciated!:smile

 

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you can look in the back of the red book for a list of errors in the red book it is under the heading Misstrikes and errors. You may also purchase the cherry pickers guide to find out about errors and varieties Vol l has pennies in it.

 

Thank you, I'm so new at coining that I haven't even got the red book yet! It's coming for my birthday tomorrow. I haven't heard of the cherry pickers guide though.

 

Hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow and many more trips around the sun! Good luck with your collecting errors can be fun to collect . Paddy

 

ANyone else have any good sites for error pennies?

 

If you are referring to VARIETIES, I would suggest coppercoins.com, doubleddie.com, and lincolncentresource.com.
As far as errors go, here is a good link. http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Errors/Lincoln_Cent_Errors.html

 

Thank you non cents.

 

My advice may be applicable or not. I gather you are very new to coin collecting and wish to hunt varieties and errors. If you are pursuing such a question with slabbed or attributed coins, then a list would be my first step.

If you intend to hunt through bags of cents, or prowl ebay and other auction sites, I think you be be better suited to read as much as possible on the subject. Much is on the internet as noted by previous posters, but if you have some available money for book references, I would recommend the DVD compilation by Billy Crawford "Lincoln cent varieties" or the printed version vol 1, which goes to 1988 ( mine is used weekly), and a favorite, Wexler and Flynn's "The Authoritative Reference on Lincoln Cents" and the Cherrypicker's Vol. 1. Many collectors think books are too expensive, but these are well worth their price.

Secondly, finding varieties in bags or packet change is tough going unless you are familiar with the normal cents and how minting process works and what post mint damage looks like. Then you can take a 1000 cents and look at each one and any that look different, put aside , and then study them carefully. Spend some time thinking about each difference and if it could be a variety such as a RPM, DD, etc., or sometimes similar MDD ( machine doubling damage) and PMD ( post mint damage). It takes time and effort to become smart in this area. There are many archived articles on this site that can be accessed by the search function.
Best wishes and welcome to the forum!

Jim

 

Just to add, here's another good place to further your education.


http://www.conecaonline.org/index.html

 

Oh man, forgot one of the newest and most detailed error sites available!
error-ref.com should have just about anything you need to know about errors.
Keep up the hunt!

 

Thanks, you guys have been a ton of help. I bought a roll of 50 Wheaties from a pawn shop and the guy didn't know anything about em. When I got somewhere I could check them out I found that a lot of them had errors and some dbl dies, I expect someones relative died that collected and they knew nothing about them so they sold em. bought for 2 bucks already found some cool pennies.

 

Thousand lashes with a wet noodle for that , you ..... you penny man;0)

 

There was a site where you could go and type in the year and check all of the error varieties for that year. I had the link on my old computer but it is gone now. Does anyone know what site I'm talking about?

 

That would be this link, sir. http://coppercoins.com/advsearch.php

 

http://www.doubleddie.com/1801.html
http://www.conecaonline.org/

http://coinauctionshelp.com/

 

Just wanted to share my list that I use when I CRH pennies.. Hope it can help someone!


1909-S VDB
1909-S
1909-S Over horizontal S
1911-S
1911-D Over D (RPM)
1914-D
1914-S
1917-P Doubled Die Obverse
1922 No D
1931-S
1936 Double Die Obverse
1944 D/S Variety 1
1944 D/S Variety 2
1946 S/D
1955 Double die
1970-S Doubled die
1936 Double die obverse, the date, LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST has some doubling.
1941 Double die reverse: Doubling of the date and LIBERTY.
1943-D The D is stamped over another D (RPM).
1943-P Should be a steel cent but there are reports of some struck using copper.
1944-D D over S the mint mark D is stamped over the S.
1946-S S Mint mark stamped over a D mint mark.
1955-D Stamped over a horizontal D.
1955-P No VDB.
1955-P Lincoln Wheat Cent Double Die cent.
1956-D D Stamped over a D mint mark.
1958-P Double die obverse.
1959-D First year for Memorial reverse, check for wheat reverse.
1960-D D over D RPM
1960-P Look for Small Date variety, the 6 has a shorter stem than normal.
1963-D Check to see if the 3 in the date is struck over another 3.
1968-D D mint mark stamped over another D.
1968-D Double die reverse, strong doubling in the word AMERICA.
1969-S Lincoln Memorial double die, all design features strongly doubled.
1970-S Small date Lincoln Cent with a doubled die reverse, strong doubling of TRUST & LIBERTY.
1970-S Small Date high 7.
1970-S Level 7. The 7 is level with rest of date.
1971-P Double die obverse, strong doubling on LIBERTY & IN GOD WE TRUST.
1972-p Lincoln doubled die obverse
1973-P No V.D.B.
1980-D A shadow of an S mint mark struck above the D.
1982-P Doubling of IN GOD WE TRUST.
1982 DDR
1983-P Doubled die reverse doubled, IN GOD WE TRUST doubled.
1984-P Doubled ear, look at the ear lobe.
1984-D Doubled Date.
1989-P No VDB.
1992 Close AM
1992-D Close AM
1994-P Doubling of the last three columns on reverse.
1995-P Double die, LIBERTY doubled.
1995-D Double die obverse, strong doubling of the date and LIBERTY.
1996 Wide AM
1997-P Double Die, look at the ear lobe like the 1984.
1998-P Wide AM reverse Lincoln Memorial Cent.
1999-P Wide AM reverse Lincoln Memorial Cent.
1999-P There may be double dies varieties.
2000-P Wide AM in America.
2003-P May be doubling of the steps, experts say “yes”, mint says “no”.
2006-P Double Die Obverse
2009 Look for doubling of the thumb


Dusty

 

jim b y far the best advice for anyone.. educate yourself first.... before starting into this hobby.. shoot take the ANA diploma course.. its fun... and cool..

 

dusty that's a great list... but.. like we all know he should educate himself first..

 

dusty that's a great list... but.. like we all know he should educate himself first..and realize some times for the things we like , and even in decent grades some people try to over charge you...if your going to deal in coins learn to detect counterfeits and fakes.....

 

Perfect! Thank you.