1940 wheat penny mint error? Ur thoughts plse
BrandNew2it
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If this posted more then once I do apologise for the inconveniences of double posting... Ok so I got this 1940 wheat penny. Looks like planchet was damaged when struck. Or some one with allot of time and patience carved it out. It has some kind of gaulge . But didn't look too be from circulation cause the print"liberty" and"in" are still ledgeable.
What is ur thoughts on it.
1. Is it a mint error coin?
2. Does it hold any value to it other then face?
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JBK
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Looks like a lamination (or delamination), which is a mint error.
But its been heavily cleaned. I hope you didn't do that.
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Thank u for ur time and valued opinion JBK .. No sir I did not clean it . The penny was handed to me as change at a local had station. The fact that it was brighter then the other Penny's in my pocket is what caught my attention to take a closer look. Is that a bad thing? Does it effect the value of the penny if any other then face value?
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Yes, cleaning is very bad and usually destroys much of the value, but your coin was never worth a ton to start with.
Laminations are somewhat common on cents from that era, but yours is a great example. Definitely worth keeping.
If you don't get more responses here you can post in the US coins forum which gets more traffic.
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ifthevamzarockin
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Welcome to the forum!
Agree it is a lamination error that has been harshly cleaned.
This may give you an idea of value but keep in mind yours could bring less because of the cleaning.
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Hello ...I would like to start out with saying thank you for the time taken to view and comment on my question. I haven't had much of a chance to visit the site lately. Ur comments were most helpful. 👍
Looks like a delamination with a stiff cleaning.