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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;superc, post: 1730135, member: 44079&quot;]Tonight I was sorting a boring old fruitcake can of mixed pennies (so far 1919 - 1995) I had acquired when I noticed these two specimens.&nbsp; I have no idea if they are common, or if they are worth more than a penny extra, but I will present them here for view.</p><p><br /></p><p>The offset is minor on both but quickly noticeable.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One&nbsp; is best described as having a rim thicker and further away from the lettering on one side, but a very thin rim with the word Trust&nbsp; being right at the coins edge.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On the other coin, I am not quite sure how best to describe it.&nbsp; There is a ripple near the rim on the date side of the penny, almost like the beginning of a second rim.&nbsp; This ripple begins near the T in Trust and runs to the bottom of Lincoln.&nbsp; There is some thinning of the rim near the ripple but not to the extent of the first coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>{The first penny also exhibits such a ripple.&nbsp; On that coin the ripple begins somewhere between We and Trust and runs down to the bottom of Lincoln.}&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I would presume these would be caused by a misaligned planchet but I have no idea how many other pennies came out with similar or worse defects that day in 1987.&nbsp; I don&#039;t normally see errors discernible to the naked eye and haven&#039;t handled an offset in forty years (t&#039;was a nickel with about a 30% offset so part of that nickel was blank).&nbsp; Was this a common error for that year?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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