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<p>[QUOTE="BigGreg, post: 1419880, member: 37558"]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p>I just recently got into collecting cents a few weeks ago. I hesitated posting this as I thought I could figure out what kind of error this could be through research, but that was not the case. Here is a picture of a 1960 large date cent with some issue on the memorial side (specifically where the word "ONE" appears). There is a groove/missing piece where the word one should be and the word one has been placed over this. I can tell this much as the top of the "O" and and the "E" appear on the flat part of the cent (the undamaged part), while the entire word covers the grove/missing piece. Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p><p> </p><p>The background on this coin is that I got it from a $50 bank bag from my local credit union. This came out of the very first bag I looked through! The only unfortunate part is there is a nasty finger print on the front and a small one on the back that was there when I found it. Either way I'm hooked for life.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I need to post more or better pics please let me know. </p><p>[ATTACH]172853.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]172854.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]172855.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>BigGreg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BigGreg, post: 1419880, member: 37558"]Hi All, I just recently got into collecting cents a few weeks ago. I hesitated posting this as I thought I could figure out what kind of error this could be through research, but that was not the case. Here is a picture of a 1960 large date cent with some issue on the memorial side (specifically where the word "ONE" appears). There is a groove/missing piece where the word one should be and the word one has been placed over this. I can tell this much as the top of the "O" and and the "E" appear on the flat part of the cent (the undamaged part), while the entire word covers the grove/missing piece. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The background on this coin is that I got it from a $50 bank bag from my local credit union. This came out of the very first bag I looked through! The only unfortunate part is there is a nasty finger print on the front and a small one on the back that was there when I found it. Either way I'm hooked for life. If I need to post more or better pics please let me know. [ATTACH]172853.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]172854.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]172855.vB[/ATTACH] Thanks, BigGreg[/QUOTE]
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