Help with error Cent. (Update w/ pic)

[The_Griffyn]

Ok, I'm a real novice when it comes to coins. I know the basics but not much beyond that. My question is what kind of value can a modern error coin have? I was looking at some change in my pocket the other day and found a 1992 D Lincoln cent. On the obverse at the bottom of the coin, the top of the reverse of the coin is clearly visible in reverse, like the word Ambulance is done on the front of the vehicle. You can see...

United State
E Plur

and a portion of the Lincoln Memorial.

The words are perfectly aligned with where they are on the back of the coin but the memorial doesnt line up at all.


Any thoughts on this? I'll try and get a decent shot of it and upload it somewhere.


-TG-

 

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[Silver Eagle]

Re: Help with error Cent.

I believe you have a clashed die cent. As for the value, that depend on how severe the clashing is.. You may get a fair idea of the value by doing a search on e-bay.

 

[The_Griffyn]

Re: Help with error Cent.

Ok, thank you. It would appear you are correct based on searching ebay. I would have had no idea what it was called. Thank you. The examples I saw on ebay were very poor compared to this one. On mine it sticks out like a sore thumb. Figuring a value was way more difficult though.

-TG

 

[GPURS]

Re: Help with error Cent.

Sounds like you might have a pretty good find there Griff ! Any way you can post a picture? If you get a picture up, I'm sure that some more guesstimates of value would emerge. Congratulations again, Gpurs....

 

[The_Griffyn]

Re: Help with error Cent.

See if this works.

 

[l.cutler]

This is post mint damage. A clashed die would only strike the high point of the obverse die, which are the fields. The reason the ones on line don't show up as much is because that is what clashed die coins look like. Someone pressed another cent into this one. It may even have glue on it with the reverse impressed into it.

 

[Silver Eagle]

I agree, this is nothing more than a poor attemp at produceing a clash.
I have a clashed cent around here some where! Ill post a pick later if I can find it.

 

[The_Griffyn]

If someone had done it on purpose though, why would they have sent it off into circulation? Wouldn't they have kept it and attempted to sell it or something? I took it to a coin store today and the man said he thought it was the real deal, but wasn't a cent guy. Said he was a silver man. Suggested I find someone who specializes in that kind of thing.

I don't really care either way. I'll keep it and turn it into a ring or something.


-TG-

 

[l.cutler]

It was probably put into circulation because it really couldn't pass for a genuine error. It just isn't like a real clashed die coin. The marks would be quite faint and show up most on the lower parts of the coin.