Two Dreams, One Day, and Victory over the Pennies!

[smokeythecat]

I have always wanted to find two kinds of pennies. Error pennies and more error pennies. I found an off center Lincoln maybe 15 years ago and have looked thru change since then, but never found any more errors until 1995 and found THIRTY of the 1995 double dies. Well, I started looking more seriously this past fall and have gone through uncounted thousands of pennies in the last few months.

I found several Wide AM 1998, 1999, and 2000 cents. Found a broadstrike. Found a zincoln with no copper coating. Found several pennies with cuds.

Today I added two "dream" cents to the "done list. The first I found, and the second I bought, because snowballs have a better chance in perdition than me finding my second dream in the wild.

I found my FIRST double clipped Lincoln. A 1969 with a clip at 1 o'clock and a larger one at 4 O'clock. And I "accidentally" bought a beautiful 1955 double die, very fine slabbed. Now I can rest....until I get to this next penny roll sitting next to me.

 

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[smokeythecat]

Here's the 2000. I oriented it this way so you could see the half filled 0's better.

 

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[enamel7]

I'm thinking it's just some foreign buildup. The planchets are plated before the minting process, so it couldn't be plating.
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[smokeythecat]

It's bright and shiny, doesn't wash off.

 

[smokeythecat]

I went thru about 10k cents since the last post and have been soundly skunked except for a few whets ties.