1955, 1952, 1940 & 1929 Wheat pennies, (1955 die chip?)

[Karahbell]

Amongst the hours of searching this first two-three weeks I found these Wheat pennies. So far besides all the whammies I caught (MD pennies) So far this is it.

One question about the 1955 penny, on the first 5 there is a something underneath the north west side of the penny, is this described as a die chip? All comments welcome please. =)

1955 Penny

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/karahbell/Pennies/1955Year.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/karahbell/Pennies/1955PennyF.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/karahbell/Pennies/1955pennyB.jpg

1952 Penny

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/karahbell/Pennies/1952pennyF.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/karahbell/Pennies/1952pennyB.jpg

1940 Penny

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/karahbell/Pennies/1940pennyF.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/karahbell/Pennies/1940pennyB.jpg

1929 Penny

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/karahbell/Pennies/1929pennyF.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/karahbell/Pennies/1929PennyB.jpg

[georoxx]

The '55 took a hit.

The others I assume you are posting only to showcase..? or is there something about them that you are curious about..?

-George

[Karahbell]

just sharing what i found. =)

[Karahbell]

The '55 took a hit.

The others I assume you are posting only to showcase..? or is there something about them that you are curious about..?

-George

The thing about the 5 is that you can see the line still. if it took a hit wouldn't that be smashed down and no longer visible?

[financeman]

The 5 definately took a hit. If you look at the 5 beside it, you can see that if you took the mark off the five you are talking about, it would look totally different. The five would not look right and that is why you can tell it is a hit

[Karahbell]

thank you for the explanation =)

[financeman]

No problem. Glad I could help

[georoxx]

The thing about the 5 is that you can see the line still. if it took a hit wouldn't that be smashed down and no longer visible?

The "line" you are seeing was created BY the hit. If you compare the vertical leg (or "line") of the leading 5 with the vertical leg of the trailing 5, you'll notice that the direction of those "lines" is different. (Compare also to the 1.) You can also compare the thickness of these "vertical legs". The trailing 5 is normal thickness, while the leading 5 has sacrificed its thickness after having been smashed... the resulting metal displacement from the hit causing a blob of material to flow west creating a die-chip like appearance in that area. (Sorry for my brevity earlier.)

-George

[jallengomez]

Cool finds though. Did you find them in rolls?

[Karahbell]

The "line" you are seeing was created BY the hit. If you compare the vertical leg (or "line") of the leading 5 with the vertical leg of the trailing 5, you'll notice that the direction of those "lines" is different. (Compare also to the 1.) You can also compare the thickness of these "vertical legs". The trailing 5 is normal thickness, while the leading 5 has sacrificed its thickness after having been smashed... the resulting metal displacement from the hit causing a blob of material to flow west creating a die-chip like appearance in that area. (Sorry for my brevity earlier.)

-George

No worries , thanks for the lesson here, your guys are great, I appreciate all the tips.

[Karahbell]

Cool finds though. Did you find them in rolls?

I sure did, my son loves them. I started searching and collecting for him. We have all the State Quarters now for him and now he has two real silver dimes and now some Wheaties =)

[jallengomez]

I sure did, my son loves them. I started searching and collecting for him. We have all the State Quarters now for him and now he has two real silver dimes and now some Wheaties =)

That's very much how I got into this; We were building a Cent collection for my son from some of my old coins. And of course now I'm the one obsessed! How old is your son?

[hoyboy]

new guy

heavy lincoln business and proof collector with some new stats on why the later is going to go thru the roof

[Karahbell]

That's very much how I got into this; We were building a Cent collection for my son from some of my old coins. And of course now I'm the one obsessed! How old is your son?

He is 11, and yours? I have more patience than he does. He likes to search with me but can only handle it for about 20 minutes or so. I can search for hours and hours. I gave him all my half dollars that my father gave me when I was a kid, and saved a lot of Italian Lira from when we used to live there, and where my son was born. So now he has some history of the currency before they went to Euro Dollars.

[jallengomez]

He is 11, and yours? I have more patience than he does. He likes to search with me but can only handle it for about 20 minutes or so. I can search for hours and hours. I gave him all my half dollars that my father gave me when I was a kid, and saved a lot of Italian Lira from when we used to live there, and where my son was born. So now he has some history of the currency before they went to Euro Dollars.

Mine is 10 and very much the same way. About 20 minutes and he's done. He also got my old silver collection that I had when I was a kid. What a neat thing for him to have with the Lira. Much neater than my son's birth year proof set! Does he have any memories of Italy, or did you move shortly after his birth?