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1985D Lincoln penny. With gas bubbles. Is it a error and maybe worth if it a rare error?

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  • TimbobbTimbobb Posts: 302 ✭✭✭

    B)

  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 10, 2018 5:01AM Answer ✓

    @Timbobb said:
    The only reason why I set it aside I seen one forsale for 200 bucks. Did not know if it was a keeper or toosser. I’m new to coin discovery

    Welcome to the PCGS forums!

    The cent has plating blisters/bubbles. Neat to look at but no added value. Maybe keep one as a reference coin. http://www.error-ref.com/blisteredplating/

    Some more good reference material for you to read.

    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1006619/sticky-this-book-index-books-to-read-on-numismatic-series-and-varieties

    Welcome to coin collecting. Enjoy and have fun!

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Timbobb .... Welcome aboard. Your cent has no added value (as stated above)...S mint coins, like other mints, may or may not be worth saving....You need a Redbook to begin your coin education... plus, this forum and other websites will also help. Good luck, Cheers, RickO

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,837 ✭✭✭✭✭

    IF you put it up on Ebay, starting at .99 cents,
    it would probably bring a few dollars or so, but
    as others have said, this is a fairly common
    occurrence -

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors
    for PCGS. A 49+-Year PNG Member...A full numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022
  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,677 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Excessive trapped gas? Not the least bit unusual in my house. :oB)

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Timbobb said:
    The only reason why I set it aside I seen one forsale for 200 bucks. Did not know if it was a keeper or toosser. I’m new to coin discovery

    It is worth exactly one cent. The fact that someone is trying to find a "live one" who will be willing to pay $200 for such a coin is both sad and laughable at the same time.

    All glory is fleeting.

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