Two tailed 1970s penny.

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Nick57, Sep 4, 2018.

  1. Nick57

    Nick57 Member

    I pulled this out of a bu roll tonight roll hunting. One side has a normal strike, the obverse appears to have Lincoln's head struck over from another pennies reverse. You can see one cent spelled in reverse.

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  3. Nick57

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    The normal side.
     

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  4. Rick Stachowski

    Rick Stachowski Motor City Car Capital

  5. Nick57

    Nick57 Member

    Thanks for the link.
     
  6. USCoinCollector42

    USCoinCollector42 Well-Known Member

    Woah! That's an awesome mint error you've got there. It's actually not a 'two tailed cent'. It's referred to in the numismatic world as a 'brockage' error. They're pretty hard to find and you have a really nice example of one. I'd say it's worth at least $10 to an error coin collector.

    Here are some links that explains different types of mint errors. The link Rick provided is also great. The example they show are a quarter and a nickel but it can happen on any denomination.

    http://jimscoins.com/error_coin_examples.php
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockage
     
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