by Recyclersteve » Tue Feb 04, 2020 6:29 pm
Something else that might be worth noting...
Lincoln pennies in this general timeframe (1956-1958) had so many errors/varieties that it would be difficult to list them all. There were tons of filled letters, numbers and mintmarks, BIE cents, etc. Someone else can correct me on the years- it may have been more than just the three years.
I don't remember hearing much about errors on other denominations during that timeframe. It could be due to so many more people collecting pennies as young kids who couldn't afford lots of higher denominations.
That said, it makes me wonder how many errors there really are on the other denominations that haven't officially been discovered and published because they aren't worth much.
I guess this is just a fancy way of saying that I wouldn't pay much for an error in the 50's without studying it much more closely- unless, of course it was something really cool (a la the 2004 Wisconsin extra leaf (up and down) quarters.
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