194 (?) Lincoln cent

[corkykile]

 

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

[Becky]

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

[corkykile]

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

[dustin43160]

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

[corkykile]

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

[dustin43160]

its everybodys dream to find a rare one!!!