I don’t think it’s worth more than $5 right now. “A “star” suffix is used to identify notes that serve as replacements during the production process.“ The mint screwed up printing the bills so they reprinted them using a star in the serial number. You could see what other bills like yours are selling on eBay to get an idea.
Anyone know what a '69 (S) mint penny is worth???... With a floating roof on the back side and struck off center on the front????...
I just checked copper price and it is $4.20 per pound. I'm not sure of the US cents, but the similar Canadian cents weighed 140 to the pound. So US ones should be very close, therefore one copper (pre-mid-1982) US cent is worth three cents in copper. Well actually a trifle less since it is made of "only" 95% copper. I saved all the "S" mintmark cents and nickels I came across as a kid, I think 1974 was the last year to find circulation San Francisco cents.
Interesting. If it were somehow rolled smaller, Abe's head would be almost touching the rim, and the writing would be mashed, I would think. There's something funky going on with the edge, can you get a picture of that, and the reverse? How much does it weigh? A regular old Lincoln cent should be about 48 grains.
Dryer coin? Check out this discussion about coins getting tumbled in a clothes dryer. some of the examples look a bit more extreme than the one shown by JohnLewis. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/dime-sized-penny.331521/ https://www.error-ref.com/dryer-coins/
I found 2 1982 "small date" Denver mint pennies... Anyone know what those are worth???... They both weigh in at around 3.1 grams....
The good news is that a 3.1 gram cent is 95% copper and not copper plated zinc. The internet sucks at finding values of modern circulated coins, but it looks like a 1982 small date cent is worth maybe $22 in "MS64" grade, which is an extremely high grade brilliant uncirculated coin. One found in circulated grades appears to have no numismatic value, but is worth almost 3 cents in copper!
There's some info floating around the net about the differences between the small and large date Denver mint pennies that came out that year... And not too many of the small date versions were made... I have both versions (in my stash and many more that I need to sort through) and so far I came across two of the small date versions that I have "locked up"... One, I believe sold for around $18,000 for an ms63???...
25 years ago I was helping to demolish an old cottage (circa 1880) in inner Melbourne, Oz. Lots of dirt built up under the floor. I put some of it through a sieve and found this. Coin shop said it's 4th/5th century Roman, not worth anything.
Hey Deuces, There are only 2 known copper 1982 "small date" Denver cents. They are believed to be left-over copper blanks left in the hopper from the 1981 run because they were found in circulation...rather than coins intentionally made by a Mint employee. If you do have a couple of them, you need to start buying lottery tickets as well. The coins need to be PCGS or NGC certified...and then you can "cash in" FYI. back in the day, I would test 1982 pennies by dropping them on a piece of marble or metal. If they made a "ring" sound they were copper...a "thud" sound they were zinc.
They are! I've got one I received as change at a Wendy's, years ago. I think I actually made money on that Frosty. I'll have to rustle up some photos of my HAMB-era coins. I've been a cut-rate numismatist since second grade, when I found a 1957-D wheat penny under the classroom sink.
I found all of these metal detecting. The two 1921s were face to face with a piece of iron strap between them.
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