Mint error? I need your expertise

[ringding]

I was looking through rolls of pennies and found one that looked like it has tails on both sides. Is this a mint error or did someone make a modification to a penny? On one side there is a normal looking memorial building. On the other there is a less defined memorial building, a faint outline of Abe, and a faint outline of 1970.

 

[ringding]

This is the other side.

 

[Bridge End Farm]

mmmmm very good question

 

[Codes]

Yes, good question. I've never seen anything like it.

 

[Immy]

Looks like a textbook example of brockage. When your coin was being struck, the coin that was struck just before it didn't get ejected. As a result it got sandwiched between the obverse die and your coin while it was being struck. Picture a coin blank on a flat surface, an already struck coin sitting on top of it (face up in this case) and the obverse (portrait) die slamming them together. The resulting image will be a faint Lincoln outline since the obstructing coin didn't allow for a stronger strike. The distorted Memorial image was from the intervening coin.

 

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Does that mean its worth more than one cent?

 

[Immy]

Brockage pennies can go for $5 and up, depending on how spectacular they are. The reverse side that isn't distorted shows a particularly strong strike, which is another indicator that it's a legit brockage. Ideally, error collectors want examples with a clear date but the nature of this kind of error makes that not necessary. I'll bet a well-worded eBay ad may net you a few bucks for it. A bidding war may even get you more than $10.

 

[Silver_Fox]

Does that mean its worth more than one cent?

Well yea.....cha ching.............