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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DEA, post: 3168019, member: 90140&quot;]Hello and welcome!&nbsp; From what I can tell, that &quot;new&quot; penny dated 1971 is catalogued as KM# 915.&nbsp; They minted more than 1.5 billion of them.&nbsp; It should weigh about 3.56 grams and have a diameter of 20.32 millimeters.&nbsp; My Kaiser-Mishler (KM) catalog is the 43rd Edition (2015); it lists an extra fine condition of that coin worthy of 15-cents; I would say your coin is probably very fine, maybe a bit better.&nbsp; The hard part is finding someone who would give you 15-cents for it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m unsure what that article is talking about; they probably left some detail out about an error &quot;new penny.&quot;&nbsp; From what I can see in my KM catalog, the new penny was minted from 1971 through 1981, inclusive.&nbsp; The lowest year of circulation mintage was 1975 with more than 221.8 million; 1971 was the highest year.&nbsp; A proof 1972 is valued at about $3.50 while a mint state (MS 65) for all years of mintage, except 1971, is $2.50.&nbsp; A MS 65 in 1971 is valued at $1.75.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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