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Hi all you gals and guys.
This is my first try at sending a picture of a coin. It was done with Paint Shop Pro and a scanner.

I took the coin to a gentleman coin dealer yesterday and he is as certain as I am that this coin is original and the problem is likely a thinner than normal planchet that was struck and caused the 'error'.

The coin came from either a 1,000 or 500 sealed penny bag I purchased a few weeks ago.
I doubt anyone would take the time to fake something like this and put it in a bag to sell.
The coin has no file marks and has a fairly even and good patina, and as you can see, is a bit dirty.

Can anyone tell me what kind of error it is? And, if possible what grade you might give it.

Thanks for your input.

CK

Looks like a grease filled die to me. Very cool, but usually no premium.

Thanks Becky.

Bummer.
One could wish.
Well, I will keep it anyway.
Back to the pennies as there might yet be an unknown one to find.

CK

not worth much but looks real i have atleast 10 of these and 3 of them were from the same roll of 1999 pennies!!

Thanks Dustin.
I guess I will keep looking at my enormous collection of pennies and maybe I will find one that is actually 'rare'.
CK

its everybodys dream to find a rare one!!!