I have a 1970s small date penny. Weight: 3.1g In this condition, is it valuable, to collectors or anything? Please know negative feed back, I’m just curious. Thanks!
You ask "In this condition", but posted no photos. The 1970-S small date cent is desired by Lincoln cent variety collectors. And others in general. They seem to be scarce, which is why they bring a premium in value. And after 48 years the chances of finding one in change is quite slim.
The autonomies (see, I was gonna write auto-correct) catches me uno (I started unawares) all the Tim ( I was going for time there). It does my thinking for me. As if I needed help.
Yes, but it pays to proof your post and make corrections before you send it, as I have found out the hard way by sending incoherent replies.
Sorry if I wasted anyone’s time! I thought they posted. I could be wrong but I can’t tell, please lmk what y’all think.
The shiny one appears to have a little more curl on the 9. But it doesn't have the height on the 7 or the weakly struck LIBERTY.
The best marker I have to identify the small date is the upper end of the "9" is pointed as compared to the blunt large date. The Lincoln Cent Resource shows this well but does not make mention of it.
I've also read that the very bottom of the 9 is sharp in the SD and blunt in the LD, which can also be seen in the comparison photo of the two types.