Input on these 2005 pennies I bought a while back please....have they been cleaned????

btmoore9

Ok, I purchased these pennies on ebay a while back and am just now getting around to looking at them....the auction stated they were unopened, blah, blah, blah... and because I'm no expert I thought I would come to you all because I remember asking you all about washing coins in another thread and you all said that if I wash them with water they would leave water spots and these pennies seem to have water spots to me. Is that right?? Thank you again in advance for your input

Also, the penny I am posting has this big gouge in it.....any ideas??

LINK TO AUCTION


GOUGE??



CLEANED??

jonesy

The spots are normal.

Bochiman

Yep. Been cleaned.
At the mint though...my guess is the spots are the planchet washing.

btmoore9

Thanks


Anything you can tell me about the gash or gouge in it??

Bochiman

No...and I am biting my tongue on die gouges at the moment

Baley

.. and I'm biting my tongue about you buying this years pennies

ps, the mark looks like a bit of a strike-through

btmoore9

Don't laugh at me too hard now I'm pretty new at this stuff and just thought I would get some new pennies for the kids and I to look at together..............I know.


What exactly is a strike through again? Sorry

Baley

A strike-through occurs when a piece of debris is caught between the die and the planchet; the object leaves an indented mark on the coin.
usually, a strike-through is unique, as the object gets dislodged and either moves around or is ejected.

A die gouge is when there is a stray mark on the die itself, it transfers a raised mark to all the coins struck with that die.

Agflyer

According to PCGS's Lingo link, a strike through is:
struck thru
An error caused by a foreign object that got between the dies and the planchet when a coin was struck. A common Struck Thru error is a piece of wire that leaves an indentation that is usually mistaken for a scratch.

btmoore9

Gotcha!!! .

Thank you!

JRocco

Baley got it- that is a strike thru and a nice one also. The spots are a bummer, due to improper rinsing at the mint- they are a permanent problem.

btmoore9

So do you grade strike throughs or just tuck them away?

JRocco

Just tuck them away. Whenever I find interesting oddities on any coin, whether it be a strike thru, clash,off center strike,rim damage, whatever--- I put them aside. Just get a coin tube for each size coin-cent, nickel, dime etc. and put them in there for a rainy day. You will be suprised after a few years at how many tubes you have filled.

coppercoins

<< <i>So do you grade strike throughs or just tuck them away? >>



Neither, actually. There is little reason to keep stuff like this long term, and there is little interest in minor errors from most dealers and collectors. They are looking for the big errors, the stuff that doesn't fit in a roll.

Kore

banks are a good resource for current currency, you don't even have to pay shipping.

/Kore

btmoore9

Thanks Kore I'll have to go there today to maybe get some more coins

mrdq

NOT THAT I CARE AT ALL, but some coin collectors get there dander up when you call them pennies. A Penny is a British denomination. Pennies were never issued in the U.S. We have always made Cents and most people call them that.

btmoore9

Really? I honestly didn't know that! I have always heard them referred to as pennies...only referred to as cents when you would say I have....7 cents. Thanks for the history though...interesting to know that!!