Error 1920 Lincoln Cent...
Coll3ctor
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What's this Lincoln worth other than 1 cent?
Coin was flipped top to bottom and the L is missing.
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My guess is not that much, but I'm not an error collector.
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90 degree rotated reverse die. A well documented error type.
missing L et al. - filled die.
the 90 degree rotation gives it value.
it's got a bit of attractive wood grain toning to it, too.
Do you have larger/closer pictures?
I can try tomorrow but I don't have the greatest camera.
My guess is that it’s worth less than $10. But either way, it’s a cool coin.
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Rotated die coins are pretty neat! Yours is nice.
Nice rotated wheat cent.
I could see it selling on ebay for around $75
Nice find. Lots of grease filled die anomalies (on reverse and the clean elimination of the L on the obverse), as well as the rotated die.
This is all I need and use. 35 bucks, about 5 years ago.
decent pics. but the camera is only half the equation. knowing how to quickly and effectively do post-processing can really bring home otherwise deceptive simple images.
Excellent example! I'm think struck thru on the L.
Grease filled die obverse and reverse.... 90 degree rotated die... that would add a couple of dollars value. Cheers, RickO
Not sure how relevant this is to the current market, but I did find this example in the Heritage archives. It is in an old ANACS holder graded G6 and it sold for $23 back in 2003.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/lincoln-cents/small-cents/1920-1c-rotated-dies-good-6-anacs-pcgs-2522-/a/23103-13079.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515
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