Penny error looking to find more about

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Penny looking to find more about. by Chris D. posted Oct 26, 2021 at 5:15 PM

Sorry I only have one side, will add the reverse soon, also just as interesting.

Looks like faint parts of lincolns head as well as lines from the reverse as well as several cud marks. Anyone know what the value of such a coin would be, and can you confirm this is an error coin? I will try to get some better pictures out of its protective case, and both obverse and reverse as well. Thanks you. I found this in general circulation.

 

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I don't think that's an error. Just damaged.

 

It looks like the obverse and reverse on both sides with raised bumps. I can't imagine how this can be damage unless both sides can be seen on the same side when it is worn down. But if it were just worn down, would it have several raised cud marks as well? That doesn't seem possible which is why I do believe that this is in fact an error coin, and cannot just be damage. I think I have to get some better pics of this.

 

You don't see both Lincoln as well as the lincoln memorial?

 

Damaged,i don't think its a cent!!just a hunk of metal now.

 

Both pics are the same, and not clear enough to discern anything.

 

You are the "burst your bubble" person on your page you claim, lol. I think I will wait for a few more responses, because I think you might just be in it to burst bubbles. Next you will probably offer me a buck for it, lol.

 

If you want informed opinions, take it back out of its sleeve and image it clearly, focused and well lit, both sides. Nothing you are trying to explain is visible in those images

 

Really? Blow it up and take a good close look at it. I can see this in the images on this screen but I will most certainly try to get better pictures of this very soon to get more info on it. You do have to keep looking at it to see it, I have had to myself.

 

Lincoln is sideways, not up and down in this image. I will try to repost him upright, maybe that too will help.

 

Modified your quote to read:

I can't imagine how this can be a mint produced error unless both sides can be seen on the same side when it is worn down.

Now that would be much easier for you to understand why this isn't a mint error. Your very first key to understanding error coins is to understand the minting process. If you can't figure out how the error occurred, asking others who do understand the process is step two. When they explain it to you then you will hopefully be able to understand for future questionable errors.

If you want to argue your point, explain the process in the minting procedure that could result in your error.

FYI, I couldn't render any opinion from the pictures you posted. Clear, full size and correctly oriented will help your cause immensely.

 

OK, will do and take better images. Also, I wonder if someone would be able to say how this damage could have occurred if not at the mint. Look at the D mint mark. Kind of interesting.

 

Thousands of possibilities impossible to know how exactly it happened.If by a person only the one who did it knows the answer,what D mint mark?I see nothing!!!!!.

 

That is not a Mint Mark.

 

He thinks this is a MM

 

Ok yes!!!I'm not crazy.

 

Oops, I think I meant this comment about the D mintmark on the nickel I posted, not the penny. You will see that mintmark in one of my other photos right next to the date.

 

That which is circled, I think that could be a cud, not the mint mark which can't be seen at all on this coin, as well as the date not being apparent on this coin.

 

NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!.

 

Need better pics out of the holder.

If you believe it's an error, do you have any thoughts on how this could occur during the minting process? Does the weight and diameter match the specs for a copper cent?

Looks like it spent some time soaking in an acidic solution. I used to do that in the chem lab at college years ago. You would be surprised what a little concentrated nitric acid will do. Maybe you found one of my "experiments"