1980 penny "In God We T" the rust is missing

I just found in my pocket a 1980 penny with "IN GOD WE T" the rust is missing. Could some body help me find the value of this coin please.

 

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Of course the "rust" is missing - copper oxidation is not rust.

Seriously, your coin is either a victim of post-mint damage where someone scraped/ground off part of the legend, or (more likely) it was struck through grease.

Either way, it would take 100 just like it to be worth a dollar.

 

Yep, I suspect struck through grease did a number on your coin.

 

drat, ya beat me to it.

 

Another possibility is a "cud" error where a piece of the die has broken away either on the obverse (raised lump on obverse) or on the reverse (Lump on reverse and not enough pressure for the RUST to strike up.)

We need a picture to say for sure what is causing it. (A grease filled die is the most likely reason though.)

 

actually, it would only take 99 more, he already has one:goofer:

 

Would any of you change your answer if I told you that I just found a 1980-D Lincoln Cent that is also missing "IN GOD WE TR"? I have to use a very bright light and a magnifying glass to see "TR", but the rest if completely missing. Everything else is clear. On the obverse, "ONE CE" is very light, and just happens to be on the opposite side of each other. I can post a pick, but I'm just wondering if you would change your mind knowing that there is more than one of these out there.

 

Please post a picture so we can get a clue as to what you are talking about.

 

Probably not! Grease-filled dies are very common on Lincoln cents, and it isn't unusual to have grease (and other debris mixed in) accumulate on both obverse and reverse dies.

Chris

 

grease filled die is what it sounds like to me and whats up with the mystery?? If you can post a pic. then please do so and welcome to the forum.

 

Grease filled or not if the coin comes from the mint that way I would consider it rare. Therefore it should be very collectible and
demand a premium.

 

If you're in the market for these "rare" grease filled coins, then I'm sure there's a few hundred members that would gladly supply you with as many as you want if you want to pay a premium for them.

 

In Alan Herbert's book, Official Price Guide to Mint Errors, he states. "Normally, filled die coins are very common, and usually worth only a few cents."

But, hey, if you don't want to believe us or an expert, then by all means put it on eBay with a million dollar+ price tag.

Chris

 

Just saw on e-bay a cent with missing letters, yep you guessed it they want a million dollars!

He, he just kidding...

 

Looks like my question has opened up an old can of worms! Prior to my question, the last post was back on 12/01/2009 and even then a picture was needed. I'll get a picture up ASAP. I'm completely new at this, so your comments alone are worth a million bucks to me! Once I get the picture up, I'd appreciate your comments.....and your check is in the mail! HE-HE! Thanks for the wecome, djhughes.

 

If you sell on eBay, The shipping for a padded envelope is about $1.75. PayPal charges 30c per transaction plus 2.9% of the total amount including postage. eBay now charges commission on postage also. So their 9.8% free insertion fees apply.

Postage $1.75
PayPal .34
eBay .18
envelope 22
supplies 02

sub total
$2.51
Cost 01

I think You are gonna need $3.00 for it free shipping. That should net you about 40c for taking the pic, writing the description, printing the postage, packagin. IMHOg the item and mailing it. but you might figure your time as worth a bit more ? But Mercury dimes are being sold for $4.10 Buy It Now with free shipping. So I don't think the cent will be an easy sell IMHO

gary

 

Herbert is but one source of that common knowledge. With the extreme mintage numbers of the Lincoln series, greasers are fairly common. I only get interested when most of the design elements are missing like the entire IGWT, LIBERTY and the date.

 

I have a die filled Lincoln Penny

 

I just noticed this a 6 year old thread @Heathster If you would like more info, I suggest a picture and a new thread. Welcome to coin talk

 

Well let's not stop it now. I have a '81 penny that is missing the whole word 'Trust'. Comments?