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1983 Lincoln Cent - HI There! Novice & New Member From Manitoba, Canada, Seeking Help/Advice

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 Posted 10/06/2024  5:30 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Kittys Koins to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello there, collectors, of well...collectables! I need assistance/advice for identifying mint errors and maybe find a est coin worth. I'm a total newbie for coin collecting and Ive never been much of a coin collector, myself. Ive done a little studying, to get the basics of identifying a coin and their varietys and errors of and altho I found a few similar to my coin, there is no match. I think it is a uncirculated, mint error and one of a kind. I come across it, when I was working retail back in 1983/84 and found it in my float, straight from the bank, in a unopened roll of pennies. The "penny" stood out completely from the rest, being that it was silver, like a nickle but stamped as a penny.

So, anyhow, Ive kept it all of these years and was careful with the storage of. What I have is, what I think, is a uncirculated,one of a kind,1983 US Lincoln Memorial one cent mint error coin. Wrong metal error. I'm not sure of any other errors on it, but, like I said, I'm a newbie at this.

So, what do you all think about it? See any other flaws, that I may have missed?Any possible, ballpark, price estimates? I was also researching the grading companies, like, ICCS and PCGS etc., and found it is quite costly to get a grading, these days. In your opinions, is this coin, even worth getting it graded at all? All I know, is that I don't have an extra $200+ to pay to have it graded properly.


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 Posted 10/06/2024  8:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add manosgerms to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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To me this looks like a regular penny that has either been electroplated, or more likely dipped in some sort of metallic paint.
I do not think this is a different metal planchet
The reason for this is that it has very strange marks on the fields indicative of such a thing having happened and they are very clearly not dings or bag marks or anything else that I can think of. Furthermore, it seems as if you can see the original zinc/copper surface coming through at some points in the fields particularly near the date.
I don't think this is mint created at all.
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 Posted 10/07/2024  08:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lawest to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Appears to be plated, not worth grading
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If that is the true colour of that coin (silver) then yes I agree with the above or it was coated with some thing., all done after it was released from the mint.
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 Posted 10/07/2024  09:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Agree--plated. An accurate weight to two decimal paces would be interesting to have.
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To CCF! Looks like it was plated.
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