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 Posted - 10/04/2006 : 13:46:28
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I found a list of pennies that have collector value:
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According to that, some of the 1983, 1984, and 1995 pennies (no mint marks) have double-die errors (where the coin was struck twice).
Now, since you're going through pennies anyway, and putting the 1982's aside for later sorting, it seems like it would be just as easy to do that with the 1982, 3, and 4's.
Last time I went through some, I pulled out those three dates and threw them into a seperate container. I didn't do the 1995 because that's too much to think about, 3 ranges is already bad enough.
When I was done, sorted out the 1982's from the seperate container, and weighed and sorted them.
I went through the rest and pulled out any with mint marks (small letter below the date) and threw those in with the zinc's.
The rest, I sorted into two piles, and then looked through each specific pile for the errors specific to that year.
I found one 1984 double-ear penny, which is worth $3-5 in the condition I found it in.
It's probly not worth it if you're trying to haul @$$ through tons of pennies, but if you have extra time it's an additional activity you can do.
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Posted - 10/04/2006 : 15:08:14
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| Glad some one is pulling these. There are a lot of nice money makers out there. I pulled a roll of wide AM's once and killed at $45 each. The ones that did grade a 68 did super stupid money. You got DDO's from 83,84,93,95 and of course the next to the best (55) is the 72 die 1. That's a $100 in any condition and $500-1000 if unmolested. |
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Posted - 10/04/2006 : 16:11:06
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Well, since I'm saving the copper ones anyway, I can always go through them at a future date, so I'm only looking for stuff with the zinc ones, since I return those.
Any other suggestions (besides looking for blatent errors) for things to look for on zinc's? Which year are the wide AM's? I haven't really found a good guide on what to look for. |
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Posted - 10/04/2006 : 21:55:04
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Ok I'll look that up and get back with a list. I know coppercoins.com has it all. He may have a wide AM break down by date and known pop.
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Posted - 10/04/2006 : 22:18:10
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| 98, 99, and 2000. 99's are the toughies I beleive |
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Posted - 10/05/2006 : 09:52:46
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I think I'll just look for the 83's and 84's.
I tried going through some and pulling out the 83's and 95's, and it's just too much for my brain, I kept putting 85's and 93's into the pile. :P |
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Posted - 10/05/2006 : 11:09:33
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| I use a lazy susan and divide by tens the do the dates after. Goes fast with practice. After the rolls I check the coppercoins site and do each date. |
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Posted - 10/05/2006 : 23:09:23
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Maybe I'll try that...
You sort by decades, and then sort each decade? |
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Posted - 10/06/2006 : 19:14:19
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a wide am is a penny where there is a definite gap between the two letters right?
i've been looking through my pennies and im finding lots of pennies with the an amd real close together and others where you can see a gap with the naked eye. are those wide am's? |
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Posted - 10/06/2006 : 19:55:41
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| I believe the data when the new hub was started for the narrow reverse was 93, but it be 89. Before that the wide AM was on business strikes. The Wide AM is where the mint used old proof dies for business strikes. The best way to find that date is to look at ten of each year. The cut off date will be plain as day. wide AM's in narrow date years account for a tiny percent of the mintage. Something like .0001% or less. But that is still a mess of coins. Most dies turn out 20k-30k of coins and there may of been ten dies? maybe more? |
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Looking for other dates on pennies...
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