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D. This is a one of a kind error. The "0" of one on the reverse has such an obvious error on it. I can't find a similar error on any coin regardless of age and demonination.
Asked on Oct 7, 2021
It is one of a kind, unless you count the million or so other coins out there with what we call "digs," damage caused by a hard, sharp object like an awl. It would be worth two cents except for the damage, that brings it down to face value. Sorry!
UPDATE, I am revising my answer, in response to "Marc, out of the 20+ people that saw the coin( including the coin dealer that offered me $250) you are the only one that didn't agree that it's so obvious that it's a mint error. It would take more than a "dig" to do that. I'm glad to know before we went any further that you have no idea what you're doing."
Jimmy
MY REVISED RESPONSE: I definitely know what I'm doing with this one. I'm not a perfect person, and I own my mistakes when I make them and I apologize and try to make good. So I did take a second look to make sure I wasn't making a mistake. And WOW, what a dog this coin is. Are we talking about the same one? The cent with the hole at seven o'clock on the O of the "one" on the back? That is the dictionary definition of a "dig." There is NO way you had an offer for $5 from anyone, much less $250 from a dealer. Maybe you uploaded the wrong photo, I know I got this one right, quite confident with this one.
So what is happening here, really? It's been my experience that 99.5% of errors are circulation wear and/or damage. I ask people to read the Q&A's posted on my site to see whether they really might have something. It has also been my experience that if I'm the first person someone brings something to, they are hesitant to sell. If I'm are the second, they are ready and I can often do a deal. And if I'm the 20th, they've wasted the time of 19 people before me, and will keep going ad nauseum. I suspect that's what is happening here.
But if you really have a gift for spotting errors, I have many for sale, maybe you should buy from me. I also have a bridge available that connects lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Hoping that puts this sorry cent to rest. I'm sorry, I know I'm blunt, but I don't suffer fools or insults lightly, and you are better off hearing it now than wasting your time later, along with that of the twenty others who had to suffer through seeing this coin or its likeness.
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