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1977 Help?

#1 Unread post by btmorse »

I'm relatively new to coin collecting and came across this 1977. I've been unable to find anything similar around. Can anyone help me out?
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Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting your interesting coin. It looks like someone laid a another cent on top of it and hit it with a hammer or something. The reason I think this is because the other date and LIBERTY look incuse and this is the opposite of what a triple strike coin should look. Here's some Triple Struck images that might help http://coinauctionshelp.com/multiplestr ... rrors.html
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#3 Unread post by btmorse »

If there had been another coin placed on top of this one and pressure somehow exerted (i.e. hammer, or something else) wouldn't the inverted dates and lettering be backwards??
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Yes, it would be. That slipped my notice, but doesn't explain why the extra numbers are not raised off the surface. You do have a point. What does the reverse look like?
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I think a better image for both sides of the coin will be the only way to give a valid opinion. I have looked at the image multiple times and there's just no way to determine much from these image.
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I think that it is a multiple strike like you had suggested earlier. I had noticed an outline of the back of Lincolns head and an outline of the front of his suit. I have outlined it a little for you. The back is unremarkable.
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Can you take a good image of the obverse as well? I saw what you outlined but my concern is the area of the date.
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:greatfind:
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#9 Unread post by Maineman750 »

I took the liberty of getting an opinion from Mike Diamond....you have a very nice error:
"This is a genuine error. The coin was struck one through a shifted, late-stage die cap. Several shift-and-strike events preceded the strike that created this coin. The several sets of normally-oriented incuse design elements are characteristic of such errors. "
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#10 Unread post by clyde »

:greatfind: looks like you have a :winnah:

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#11 Unread post by dipper13 »

It looks real to me. I think you have a valuable error coin. It is the second 77 I have seen. Both had multiple images on the face of the coin. SUPER!!
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#12 Unread post by btmorse »

Woohoo!! My first nice find. Any idea to find out the potential value range?

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I would think in the $20 range
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btmorse wrote:Woohoo!! My first nice find. Any idea to find out the potential value range?

Brian
Here's one example http://coins.ha.com/common/search_resul ... pped%20die
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Re: 1977 Help?

#15 Unread post by btmorse »

Wow That one was a double strike and not as blatant and it sold for $230.00.
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btmorse wrote:Wow That one was a double strike and not as blatant and it sold for $230.00.

All depends on the market too. That is a proof and a fairly high one at that not to mention professionally graded and attributed.
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#17 Unread post by Maineman750 »

Just remember the description I gave you above. It came from one of the top Lincoln cent experts in the US. Daniel's coin is a double struck, not a capped die.
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btmorse wrote:Wow That one was a double strike and not as blatant and it sold for $230.00.
It was my mistake that I posted a Double Struck coin as a value reference. Here's a better indicator of the value of your coin http://coins.ha.com/common/search_resul ... pped%20die
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