Penny errors...

Snee

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I decided to go through the pile of change that's sitting on my nightstand, and I found this. Now understand I'm aware slightly offstruck pennies aren't worth anything more than one cent, but it's interesting to me! :) It's a 1972 D penny. It's slightly offstruck, but what's interesting me, is I don't know what that crecent shaped darker color is, like, over the date on the front. Any ideas or comments?
 

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idahotokens

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Snee--it looks to me like perhaps a quarter or nickel was sitting on top of it out in the weather for a long time. You could see if the curvature of a quarter or nickel matches the crescent on the cent - the part that was exposed oxidized faster than the covered part. Just a thought...John in ID
 

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idahotokens said:
Snee--it looks to me like perhaps a quarter or nickel was sitting on top of it out in the weather for a long time.? You could see if the curvature of a quarter or nickel matches the crescent on the cent - the part that was exposed oxidized faster than the covered part.? Just a thought...John in ID

I agree, or a sticker or something.

Keep @ it and HH!!
 

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