Help ID'ing an Error Coin

This forum is for the discussion of USA coin and paper money collecting that is unrelated to saving bulk Copper Bullion Penny, Nickel & CuNi Bullion Nickel, or Silver Coins for metal content. Feel free to post scheduled coins shows.

Help ID'ing an Error Coin

Postby jmaii » Wed May 08, 2013 10:49 am

Found this penny while hand-sorting; not sure if it's worth keeping:

Image

The reverse looks perfectly fine, but the obverse has a very obvious ridge on the left side (I first discovered the ridge by feel). The diameter appears to be uniform standard penny size all around (don't have a caliper to check for sure). If anything it looks like the coin was struck at an angle, with the left side being too low.
"Silver and gold, silver and gold / Everyone wishes for silver and gold.
How do you measure it's worth? / Just by the pleasure it gives here on Earth."
-- Sam the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
User avatar
jmaii
Penny Sorter Member
 
Posts: 63
Joined: Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:57 am
Location: New Jersey, USA

Re: Help ID'ing an Error Coin

Postby NHsorter » Wed May 08, 2013 10:54 am

Not off by enough to be worth much. But I do keep all of the ones that I see like this aside. Maybe some day. It's not like you have much invested :lol:
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety” Benjamin Franklin
User avatar
NHsorter
Super Post Hoarder
 
Posts: 3301
Joined: Mon May 09, 2011 10:39 am
Location: Live Free or Die

Re: Help ID'ing an Error Coin

Postby fasteddy » Wed May 08, 2013 2:26 pm

Heck ya man put that in a 2 x 2 and mark it "found in circulation 2013" what I would do. Nice find.
User avatar
fasteddy
Post Hoarder
 
Posts: 2657
Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:00 am

Re: Help ID'ing an Error Coin

Postby jmaii » Wed May 08, 2013 3:20 pm

fasteddy wrote:Heck ya man put that in a 2 x 2 and mark it "found in circulation 2013" what I would do. Nice find.


I'll be visiting the coin shop this weekend to hopefully get a silver eagle; I'll pick up some cardboard holders for this and my other curious finds. :D
"Silver and gold, silver and gold / Everyone wishes for silver and gold.
How do you measure it's worth? / Just by the pleasure it gives here on Earth."
-- Sam the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
User avatar
jmaii
Penny Sorter Member
 
Posts: 63
Joined: Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:57 am
Location: New Jersey, USA

Re: Help ID'ing an Error Coin

Postby bman » Wed May 08, 2013 9:20 pm

it's a misaligned die strike, they really only have value if they are far enough off so that some of the design is missing. I sold one similar to yours for $1 once though.
my old Realcent feedback thread: http://realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=171
User avatar
bman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
 
Posts: 1500
Joined: Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:00 pm
Location: Maryland

Re: Help ID'ing an Error Coin

Postby Numis Pam » Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:08 am

Nice find and very nice photography! :clap: I have seen similar cents like this sell on eBay for $1.00 +..... :thumbup:
Too Busy Sorting and Hoarding to Post Very Often! :-)
Numis Pam
1000+ Penny Miser Member
 
Posts: 1774
Joined: Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:00 pm
Location: Boomer Sooner

Re: Help ID'ing an Error Coin

Postby JobIII » Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:36 pm

What's going on with the "L" in liberty? Is there a bit of copper underneath it?
Follow my blog here: http://xxjobiiixx.blogspot.com
Check here and please remember to follow us also: http://coinwholesales.blogspot.com
Watch my youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/xxJOBIIIxx
JobIII
Post Hoarder
 
Posts: 2500
Joined: Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:00 pm

Re: Help ID'ing an Error Coin

Postby blackrabbit » Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:41 pm

Yea e-bay makes it worth it. Save and sell there.
"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered....The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."
-Thomas Jefferson
User avatar
blackrabbit
Post Hoarder
 
Posts: 2360
Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:00 pm
Location: Colorado

Re: Help ID'ing an Error Coin

Postby johnbrickner » Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:27 am

I'd love to look at it with the loop. Looks like there might be some funny business on the right edges of the 7, 3, Lincoln's forehead and possible the Y in Liberty. Most likely nothing.
johnbrickner
Post Hoarder
 
Posts: 2674
Joined: Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:00 pm
Location: Upstate NY


Return to USA Numismatics

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 7 guests