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1992 D Almost tossed to the side.

This unique penny almost got tossed in the recycling bin. What's your first impression of this one of a kind Lincoln cent?

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 37,129 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1992D wide am
    altered surfaces

    worth 1 cent

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
  • What would the surface be altered with?

  • MasonGMasonG Posts: 6,363 ✭✭✭✭✭

    To be fair to the posters here... if you claim the coin to be unique, you should be able to explain why. It's not up to others to explain why not.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,733 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why are you tossing cents into the recycling bin? Too many people doing things like that over the years are why cent mintages were so absurdly high, costing the taxpayers the negative seignorage.

  • lermishlermish Posts: 4,070 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One of a kind? Or one of 4.5 billion?

    chopmarkedtradedollars.com

  • humanssuckhumanssuck Posts: 579 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • IkesTIkesT Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ACE23 said:
    This unique penny almost got tossed in the recycling bin. What's your first impression of this one of a kind Lincoln cent?![]

    It's harsche. :D

  • Never any quality feedback, just a bunch of rude comments. I've noticed that coin collectors are a bunch of proud ass holes.

  • IkesTIkesT Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ACE23 said:
    What would the surface be altered with?

    Harsche chemicals. It sat in the middle of a harschepuppy sandwich until it developed a harsche patina.

  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 11,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ACE23 said:
    Never any quality feedback, just a bunch of rude comments. I've noticed that coin collectors are a bunch of proud ass holes.

  • The best thing you could do is invest in some books so that you don't get on here and embarrass yourself. Not being rude but a little self education will go a long way

  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 5,144 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You do know if the AM in AMERICA
    on the reverse of any 1992 ____ (?) are touching
    or if any 1992 cent shows
    the G of the designers Int's.(FG) is not bent at the mouth.......research it.

    .

  • IkesTIkesT Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 37,129 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 4, 2025 8:06PM

    the copper plating on these is incredibly thin

    if it were a 1972 cent i'd say acid

    this one, i can't say for sure; but, when they come of the press they don't look like that because the whole coin wouldn't be pitted

    i'd also think something mechanical abused it, like a dremel, but it's just that the plating is so thin that i can't imagine it surviving

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,993 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Still haven't heard what you think makes it unique. Like said above, post a coin, tell us what YOU see and why you think it has value beyond 1¢.
    bob :)
    Have you heard of VarietyVista.com? Just ask'n. Or maybe Coppercoins.com. Both are excellent resources for cents.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,894 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Put it on a auction website and see what happens

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,873 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As already mentioned, simply offer your opinion as to why you imagine it to be unique and while not likely to get agreement, you might learn something to include using the internet to access the many free cent knowledgeable sites. Good luck.
    Jim


    When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln

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  • skier07skier07 Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don’t spend it all at once.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 37,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ACE23 said:
    Never any quality feedback, just a bunch of rude comments. I've noticed that coin collectors are a bunch of proud ass holes.

    Not everyone, but some.

    It's a slightly corroded cent. I know you're very PROUD of it. And that's fine. But I'm not sure we're clear on what it is you want us to see.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • CregCreg Posts: 1,045 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 5, 2025 4:06AM

    @johnny9434 said:
    Put it on a auction website and see what happens

    Dude, amazing people buy that stuff; it’s liable to sell there.

  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,579 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ACE23 said:
    Never any quality feedback, just a bunch of rude comments. I've noticed that coin collectors are a bunch of proud ass holes.

    You're a coin collector, aren't you?

    GEE...........I never called myself the things you say you are.

    I guess you're correct. This is NOT quality feedback.

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon

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