1991 PENNY

[DBAR0828]

I have weird 1991 penny no mint mark, the imprinted images appear a silver color and the rim also, but the other part appears a bright copper color

 

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[mick56]

Cents that are newer than 1982 are zinc with a super thin coating of copper. On yours, the copper has worn off, showing the zinc underneath. Cents that get ran over by cars look like that.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Yep, somebody's done a little grinding/sanding on it.

 

[uglymailman]

Dang it! I found one just like that today. Has the rim turned in on backside. There goes my beer money.

 

[GaRebel1861]

Looks run over to me too.

 

[DBAR0828]

shoot thought I had found something , uglymaiman is your penny copper real shiny?

 

[GaRebel1861]

DBAR,

Keep hunting there are still good items waiting to be found!

 

[cti4sw]

I have one similar to that, but mine doesn't have the coarseness and scratches you'd expect from being roadkill; my impression with mine is that (1) the plating process didn't go well or (2) it stuck to something and didn't get plated in certain places. There is a forum, Coin Collecting - CoinTalk.com - Home, where someone will be able to tell you whether yours has pre-release errors or post-mint damage.