Is this am error or damage

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Cld3
Cld3 Posts: 24 ✭
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Have this 1945d penny with an unusual date error or damage. Checking to see if anyone here may know.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/SdmFi8dEmVx6yC8g6

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  • Torey
    Torey Posts: 410 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Welcome!
    It's damaged.

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  • Cld3
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    Thanks.

  • coinbuf
    coinbuf Posts: 12,567 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Cld3 said:
    I see a filled in d, and possibly stamp error on the 7 and We possibly.

    Every coin you have posted is, worn, damaged, shows evidence of poor quality control (the filled D is a broken post, very common QC issue at the mint during this time) and some very minor die deterioration that happened at the time the coin was minted. No errors all worth face value.

    Regardless of what you may have read on the internet, finding real mint errors in pocket change is very rare.

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  • Creg
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    The fifty-five cent has a delamination. Maybe a couple of bucks for people interested in such.

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  • Cld3
    Cld3 Posts: 24 ✭
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    Hers another similar oe on a 51 penny. Damage as well?

  • Cld3
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    Last question. Do you see errors on this half dollar. I'm just checking myself actually.

  • IkesT
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    @Cld3 said:
    Last question. Do you see errors on this half dollar. I'm just checking myself actually.

    Like what?

  • airplanenut
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    @Cld3 said:

    Last question. Do you see errors on this half dollar. I'm just checking myself actually.

    If you're checking yourself, why don't you tell us what you see?

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  • Cld3
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    I see a filled in d, and possibly stamp error on the 7 and We possibly.

  • Cld3
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    And the Y

  • Cld3
    Cld3 Posts: 24 ✭
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    And the Y

  • MarkKelley
    MarkKelley Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    So far, everything I see is damage.

  • Cld3
    Cld3 Posts: 24 ✭
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    Why isn't the area where the 4 is gone discolored?

  • Cld3
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    I see no damage on the bicentennial. That mint mark doesn't look filledin?

  • lcutler
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    @Cld3 said:
    I see no damage on the bicentennial. That mint mark doesn't look filledin?

    Filled in mintmark is not an error, just a broken post on the die. It's extremely common on coins struck from worn dies.

  • Creg
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    @Cld3 said:
    I see no damage on the bicentennial.

    It’s got scratches—damage

    That mint mark doesn't look filledin?

    Folk on the Net inflate the importance of filled mint marks. Ignore the term.

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  • Cld3
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    Thank you guys that answered. I appreciate your help
    I have never posted on a forum before and don't have a clue as to what proper coin, or forum etiquette may be. Concrete I'm a little more knowledgeable as I've been in commercial construction all of my adult life, and have never had a thought about coin collecting until a few weeks ago.
    interested very fast on the coin thing. I just like doing it. I am not trying to start a any level guys, was just trying to get info from people who know more than I do.
    I don't belive everything I read on the internet though,which is why I was asking. Damage or minting error is something I'm workingon.

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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Cld3 said:
    I see a filled in d, and possibly stamp error on the 7 and We possibly.

    You keep saying "stamp error". That isn't a thing.

    99.99999% of all anomalies on coins are damage or normal wear. The other 0.00001% fall into certain specific categories. If you learn those categories, it'll get much easier for you.

    It's also worth pointing out that even if you find one of the 0.00001% of coins that are actually errors, the majority of those have little added value.

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  • Cld3
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    ![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/ud/mlehz90siisj.jpg

    Just to small of an error to make a difference?

  • jmlanzaf
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    @Cld3 said:

    Normal coins

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  • jonathanb
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    @Creg said:
    The fifty-five cent has a delamination.

    Not based on that picture it doesn't.

  • jonathanb
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    Let's try approaching this a different way. Suppose that every coin you posted is indeed a genuine error. What's the next step? In short -- why do you even ask the question?

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  • Cld3
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    All damaged? I'll keep working on it.

  • IkesT
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    @Cld3 said:
    All damaged? I'll keep working on it.

    Working on what? Finding other damaged coins?

  • jmlanzaf
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    @Cld3 said:
    ![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/ud/mlehz90siisj.jpg

    Just to small of an error to make a difference?

    Not an error at all.

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  • jmlanzaf
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    @Cld3 said:
    All damaged? I'll keep working on it.

    Have you tried studying actual errors in auction archives?

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  • Torey
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    I think you are doing things backward. I would refrain from looking for errors until you do some research. Learn the terminology first, study pictures, and build a base. It can be fun to go through coins, but you are wasting your time without the proper knowledge. Even with knowing, don't expect to find enough of them in circulation to make an hourly wage (still can be fun to kill some time).

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  • lermish
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    @IkesT said:

    @Cld3 said:
    All damaged? I'll keep working on it.

    Working on what? Finding other damaged coins?

    Haven't you learned your lesson from yesterday!!! ;)

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  • IkesT
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    @lermish said:

    @IkesT said:

    @Cld3 said:
    All damaged? I'll keep working on it.

    Working on what? Finding other damaged coins?

    Haven't you learned your lesson from yesterday!!! ;)

    Guess not! :D

  • Cld3
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    Yes, i like looking for them Ikes. I like the nice ones but fiding a rare coin is a fun way for to me to spend time.
    I've been doing this for two weeks and this forum popped up when i googled coin forum while trying to get real info. I have zero knowledge about coins at this point but I've picked up a few things here today with you gentlemen and I appreciate it. I'll do some homework before I bug you experts again for sure.

  • mr1931S
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    @airplanenut said:

    @Cld3 said:

    Last question. Do you see errors on this half dollar. I'm just checking myself actually.

    If you're checking yourself, why don't you tell us what you see?

    I see what appears to be a die break between the second "7" and the "6" in "1776."

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  • Cld3
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  • vplite99
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    Almost always damage.

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  • jmlanzaf
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    @Cld3 said:

    Corroded. Just damage.

    Again. Have you looked at genuine errors in auction archives and on LEGITIMATE error reference sites?

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  • jmlanzaf
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    @Cld3 said:
    Yes, i like looking for them Ikes. I like the nice ones but fiding a rare coin is a fun way for to me to spend time.
    I've been doing this for two weeks and this forum popped up when i googled coin forum while trying to get real info. I have zero knowledge about coins at this point but I've picked up a few things here today with you gentlemen and I appreciate it. I'll do some homework before I bug you experts again for sure.

    People don't find "rare coins" this way.

    You aren't going to find anything. In fact, you're likely to throw back an error because you have no idea what a real error looks like.

    Please, look at real errors. You've got a much better change of finding something if you know what it looks like. You are simply looking for damage which is why you keep finding damage.

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  • Cld3
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    I could not really see any damage on this coin under my microscope. I don't have a chip in it yet so that's a pic of the screen, not as clear. I just thought it looked like it had 6 or 7 legs so I posted it.

  • jmlanzaf
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    @Cld3 said:
    I could not really see any damage on this coin under my microscope. I don't have a chip in it yet so that's a pic of the screen, not as clear. I just thought it looked like it had 6 or 7 legs so I posted it.

    And how would you get a 6-legged Buffalo nickel? Errors happen in very specific ways.

    You should NOT be looking at coins until you know what you are looking for.

    Good luck to you. You're not listening so I'm going to stop talking.

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  • Cld3
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    Not searching for errors anymore really but came across this. I think that's a D on the jaw. I looked it up and there is something called the Dement error. Just thought I'd share.

  • IkesT
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    @Cld3 said:
    I'll do some homework before I bug you experts again for sure.

    And what homework did you do before you posted the "6-legged buffalo" and "Dement error"? :D

  • Cld3
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    Go do your homework before running your mouth liceT

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  • seanq
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    The 1956-D cent is a well circulated example of RPM#1, its a later stage as I can see the beginning of the BIE die break in your first photo. The mark on the cheek is circulation damage, not another mintmark.

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  • Cld3
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    Very cool looking penny

  • IkesT
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    @Cld3 said:
    I have never posted on a forum before and don't have a clue as to what proper coin, or forum etiquette may be.

    We can tell. :D

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