Off center Pennie’s? 0

[BabyFaceMac10]

Are off centered Pennie’s rare I have a few found a handful of them in my grandfathers stuff after he passed

[Coinbuf]

I'm sorry to inform you that none of the three Lincoln Cents are off center error coins.   To qualify as off center some of the lettering would need to be missing from both sides of the coin, there is no missing lettering on your coins.   These three coins have no numismatic value and are only worth the face value of $.01.

[Just Bob]

Welcome to the forum. As a general rule, the only time off center strikes (involving both sides of a coin) or mis-aligned die strikes ( involving only one side of a coin) are worth a premium is when the design or lettering runs off the edge. 

[Sandon]

    Here's an example of what we're talking about, although it doesn't have to be this far off center (NGC photos):

      

 

 

[EagleRJO]

On 11/17/2022 at 12:29 AM, Sandon said:

Here's an example of what we're talking about, although it doesn't have to be this far off center (NGC photos):

That is a pretty nice one since it's about as far off center as possible, but which still includes the date and mark to help ID the coin and retain the most value.

Attached is another example of a pretty far off center struck cent (~75%) but which still has the date/mark.  Not extremely valuable, but they are interesting and some do collect them.

If error coins is an interest it's recommended to have a copy of the attached book so if you do find true error coins (see the previously referenced links), the next issue often is what would it be worth (typ not that much).

Edited November 17, 2022 by EagleRJO

[Greenstang]

How do we know if they are off centre or not when there is no photo of the reverse, they could just be a MAD.

[RWB]

RE: "Off center Pennie’s" [sic]

Please let members know when you find one.

[BabyFaceMac10]

Okay I sure will guys thank you and what is a MAD 

Edited November 19, 2022 by BabyFaceMac10

[Sandon]

   @Greenstangwas, I think referring to "misaligned dies", meaning one die was mounted in the press at a slight angle instead of perpendicular to the coinage blank, resulting in a slight "off center" appearance on one side of the coin only. This is a minor error of little or no value.