Today's Circulation Find - This one made me laugh

[zrlevin]

I'm going to have to call this one "Post Mint Damage". Maybe this was a Coin Vault special and somehow got into circulation, they seem to like to gold plate coins.

 

 

Zach

[MunkyMan95]

Nice find! Maybe we should have a thread pined at the top of the page called "Today's find in change..."

 

Would anyone be against that? Arch, could you make it happen?

[TomB]

It's an interesting find and I agree with the assessment. However, I don't think we need to pin a thread like this at the top of the page because truly, how many finds are worthy of posting?

[MunkyMan95]

Lately, there's been a few...

[sindieboo-migration]

"COOL" This would also be a great learning tool for us newbies!

[WinstonWare]

While I generally agree with Tom and always appreciate his knowledge and candor, I humbly disagree. I think this thread has possibilities. There is certainly a subgroup here that really likes these types of coins. I personally would be interested to see nice change finds when they occur.

[Die Varieties]

This one came out of my pocket change a couple of weeks ago. I already had one in my collection so I put it up for auction. Below is the link to the auction. My investment in the coin -- one cent (plus of course the eBay fees for selling it):

 

eBay Auction 1999 Cent

 

I also recently came across this 1983 cent out of circulation which was just published on the cover of the 18 July issue of Numismatic News.

1983 Cent on Wrong-Planchet Numismatic News Article

[MAULEMALL]

This one came out of my pocket change a couple of weeks ago. I already had one in my collection so I put it up for auction. Below is the link to the auction. My investment in the coin -- one cent (plus of course the eBay fees for selling it):

 

eBay Auction 1999 Cent

 

I also recently came across this 1983 cent out of circulation which was just published on the cover of the 18 July issue of Numismatic News.

1983 Cent on Wrong-Planchet Numismatic News Article

Holy

Well That is just too cool.

[WinstonWare]

Nice return on investment there DV

[Die Varieties]

Nice return on investment there DV

 

Thanks. Since the publication of the 1983 cent -- I received an offer that has reached the 5-figures.

 

There is another Lincoln cent that I also suspect happened. If it is found -- it would also easily be a 4-figure and probably make 5-figure offers.

 

Can you guess which date cent it is? Here's 3 hints:

 

(1) It is a Memorial cent.

 

(2) It requires weighing.

 

(3) It has a ready-made market -- even if only one is found.

[WinstonWare]

Hum. After consulting my periodicals, I'll guess 1962?

[MunkyMan95]

Nice return on investment there DV

 

Thanks. Since the publication of the 1983 cent -- I received an offer that has reached the 5-figures.

 

There is another Lincoln cent that I also suspect happened. If it is found -- it would also easily be a 4-figure and probably make 5-figure offers.

 

Can you guess which date cent it is? Here's 3 hints:

 

(1) It is a Memorial cent.

 

(2) It requires weighing.

 

(3) It has a ready-made market -- even if only one is found.

 

5 figures??? I NEED to start searching cents!!!

[Die Varieties]

"5 figures??? I NEED to start searching cents!!!"

 

In the Numismatic News article I also illustrated a 1989-D cent struck on bronze planchet courtesy of Mike Byers of www.mikebyers.com.

 

That coin is currently on his Web site with a $15,000 price tag. The 1989-D that was mentioned in the article as "double struck with rotation" on a bronze planchet is also on his Web site for $25,000 while the other 1990-D cent struck on bronze planchet is $15,000.

 

However, like any coin transaction -- the coins value is what a seller and buyer agree to at that particular moment in time.

[zrlevin]

So Billy,

 

How much is the 1946 spray paint variety is worth? Do you need better pictures so you can put it in your book?

 

Zach

[Die Varieties]

So Billy,

 

How much is the 1946 spray paint variety is worth? Do you need better pictures so you can put it in your book?

 

Zach

 

Face.

[MunkyMan95]

I'd pay face+stamp if you mail it to me