1981 D Copper Penny Brown Color with unknown mint error!
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1981 D Copper Penny Brown Color with unknown mint error!
Hello everyone! My name is Ken and I would like to share my 1981 D Copper Penny that I do not know what kind of error it has. It has visible markings on the obverse and on the reverse of the coin. I don't have a USB microscope and I think there are a lot of things going on with this coin. I hope anyone can share there knowledge about this type of coin error if I'm not mistaken. Thank you in advance and God bless!
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Re: 1981 D Copper Penny Brown Color with unknown mint error!
The Brown color means the copper has oxidized somewhat & has been in circulation, the coin has PMD, it was run over in a parking lot a few times.
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Re: 1981 D Copper Penny Brown Color with unknown mint error!
Actually this coin is in a very good condition and I didn't find this in a coin roll. This coin was kept for so many years and I do have a picture another picture showing the mintmark may be RPM or maybe it is over a number 2.
Re: 1981 D Copper Penny Brown Color with unknown mint error!
This is just a damaged coin - no error here! It's perfectly good for spending ;)
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Re: 1981 D Copper Penny Brown Color with unknown mint error!
There is no error here.
Your images show a circulated coin with severe damage.
Your images show a circulated coin with severe damage.
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Re: 1981 D Copper Penny Brown Color with unknown mint error!
I agree, damaged coin.
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Re: 1981 D Copper Penny Brown Color with unknown mint error!
This happens to a coin when it's in contact with concrete or gravel.
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Re: 1981 D Copper Penny Brown Color with unknown mint error!
I agree.
You said:
Modern inexpensive microscopes are common now and so we get a lot of people finding the typical minor imperfections that have been on all coins forever. Those people mistake these minor blemishes/marks as rare errors and think they have struck it rich. But when they share their "rare find" they end up being told they have nothing of value. It gets discouraging rather quickly.
Just get a good jeweler's loupe (Daniel sells them on his website). That is all you need to see actual collectable errors.
And here is something else to save you time from having more false starts like this coin was for you:
Save Yourself time, effort, and disappointment...don’t learn the coin hobby backwards.
Looking for random anomalies on coins and hoping they match up to something collectable will take you a lot more time, wasted effort, and disappointment repeatedly finding out you have nothing but post mint damage.
Spend some initial time at places like error-ref.com, doubleddie.com, varietyvista.com, conecaonline.org, coppercoins.com etc. to find what actual and collectable coin errors look like.
A good way to start is, for instance, separate a bunch of pennies by date. Go to varietyvista.com and, date by date, use the reference there to see what errors are known for that specific coin/mint mark. Look for those specific errors/varieties using the pictures provided. After doing this for awhile you will KNOW what an actual error looks like and not have to waste time on face value and damaged coins.
You said:
Congratulations! You have taken the first step in making a modern common error in searching for better coins!I don't have a USB microscope and I think there are a lot of things going on with this coin.
Modern inexpensive microscopes are common now and so we get a lot of people finding the typical minor imperfections that have been on all coins forever. Those people mistake these minor blemishes/marks as rare errors and think they have struck it rich. But when they share their "rare find" they end up being told they have nothing of value. It gets discouraging rather quickly.
Just get a good jeweler's loupe (Daniel sells them on his website). That is all you need to see actual collectable errors.
And here is something else to save you time from having more false starts like this coin was for you:
Save Yourself time, effort, and disappointment...don’t learn the coin hobby backwards.
Looking for random anomalies on coins and hoping they match up to something collectable will take you a lot more time, wasted effort, and disappointment repeatedly finding out you have nothing but post mint damage.
Spend some initial time at places like error-ref.com, doubleddie.com, varietyvista.com, conecaonline.org, coppercoins.com etc. to find what actual and collectable coin errors look like.
A good way to start is, for instance, separate a bunch of pennies by date. Go to varietyvista.com and, date by date, use the reference there to see what errors are known for that specific coin/mint mark. Look for those specific errors/varieties using the pictures provided. After doing this for awhile you will KNOW what an actual error looks like and not have to waste time on face value and damaged coins.
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