1964 Penny mistrike

[Mousie]

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Hi Folks,

What would you call this type of misstrike or is it just a misstrike?  Just starting into the coin collection after finishing up on the notes.  How on earth do you value these types, or is it just the eye of the beholder at the time?

[JeffH]

That's a beauty. I am sure you will get some good explanations.
Value is indeed in the eye of the beholder but much more than any straight 1964 penny.
Or I could argue that it is defective and only worth the copper value but that line of argument would not succeed here!

[echidna]

Nice error.

[Mousie]

Well, just checked ebay and a few of the same type of error as just found out and 1964 too so a few got through to circulation perhaps?

[JeffH]

Maybe it is one of these. Ramstrike or High Lip Coin Error

[Mousie]

Thanks for that and from reading it could well be that very small physical damage located on the edge is perhaps the manual removal tool used to get the coin out of the press. Thanks for the read on this.