tiger sripes on a penny

is this a pens doing?????

if not what is the value of this coin?

 

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Those are rare, they were minted to commemorate the Cincinnati Bengals winning the superbowl. I think

 

I am not sure if it is a pen or just something that was stored with the coin, but it is not a result of anything the mint did. The striped coin from the mint are a result of a poorly mixed alloy with parallel stripes (as a result of the milling). See http://www.cointalk.com/t65353/

 

im going to take that as sarcasim...

 

i never knew thats what caused woodies, till now. are they supposed to be rare?

 

You should. I don't think the Bengals have ever won the Super Bowl.

Chris

 

they have not, they lost once against the 49ers in 1981 and lost against the 49ers in 88'

 

I am not sure just what your definition of rare is. In some dates, they may be the majority of the coins, but there are other dates I am not sure I have ever seen as a woody. Implied with rare is valuable. Here, most of them actually sell for a discount because most collectors take that as a negative. And I have seen several where I think I agree with them.

 

cool. would the coin i pictured above be worth much over face?

 

Those are leopard stripes. Get it certified.

 

i hope your not being sarcastic either...

 

As I stated before, it is PMD, not from the mint. As a defaced cent, it would be worth copper only.

 

They're not natural.

 

so it is worth over melt...

 

what would you call this type of coin?

 

Like everyone has said, it's a damaged 1971 cent.

 

It is worth one cent....unless it was struck by lightning....

 

so eddiespin was being sarcastic.

 

I think its worth more than a cent. If you put it on Ebay you might get a buck for it.

 

That doesn't mean its worth a buck... just that a sucker is willing to pay a buck. There is a difference....