1955 wheat penny help

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1955 wheat penny help

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hello i have found a 1955 penny ...where you can read at the reverse " UNITED STATAS " instead " UNITED STATES " any tips on it ? thank you

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Can you post an image of your coin?

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Daniel wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:03 am Can you post an image of your coin?
Definitely post an image of the obverse and reverse (front and back). Looking forward to seeing what you have.

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Sorry i was working, but here we go, thank you in advance
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By the way if you need to see any other pictures let me know.

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By the way if you need to see any other pictures let me know.
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The coin is damaged and worth face or the copper melt, anything different about this coin was caused by the copious amount of contact marks it has sustained.

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thank you Mr Daniel ,....i was a little confused...since i was looking a the symmetry on the letter A and it seems to me ...the they looks parallels ... and also i don't see any marks resembling the letter E on the surface of this penny ( since i compare this coin with the rest of my pennies ...prior to 1959... but like i said before...thanks a lot ..

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Daniel wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:36 pm The coin is damaged and worth face or the copper melt, anything different about this coin was caused by the copious amount of contact marks it has sustained.
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Daniel wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:36 pm The coin is damaged and worth face or the copper melt, anything different about this coin was caused by the copious amount of contact marks it has sustained.
Definitely agree with Daniel.
I've only been back in collecting about 5 years and in that relatively short time have seen lots of odd damage that "looked" like a mint error. As you continue in the hobby you will see them also. It will be small individual things that you notice that will come together some other time when you encounter it.
As an example, the edge of another coin probably hit the left side of the E at an angle hard enough to shift the copper at the top similar to an A and then all the other damage is concealing the other parts of the E.
I commend you on looking past what you think you are seeing and accepting the benefit of Daniel's decades of experience. Some people refuse to accept anything other than what they think their eyes are telling them.
Thanks for posting for the benefit of everyone that visits here. :thumbsup:

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