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RE: Hidden Treasures: The 1970-s Lincoln Penny?
All that being said: given what you do see or know about the coin--and anything you may have seen or experienced in the past--do you believe there is something monetarily "extra-valuable" about this coin?
I would say definitely yes.. IF the strange shape of the zero is NOT the result of an impact after it was minted.
Let me just add that I HAVE seen some amazing examples of "perfect dings" that distort a single letter or numeral. This may be one of those... but yes, see what the coin dealers tell ya.
Soo... just got an email back from an "expert"--he said he thinks this was caused by damage by a "counting machine..." My initial thought is... okay... but... how??? Though you just said you've seen some wild "dings..." I have yet to see a "ding" that could so cleanly disconnect, then re-connect a piece of metal with such precision... just doesn't make sense...
Also, if the coin machine damage is true, where is the "rest" of the zero?? In other words, if you were to take the entirety of the "damaged digit" as it stands, I promise--unless this is some kind of weird optical illusion--that it would not be possible to recreate a "normal" zero digit with what you had. So a "piece" is missing... (But it just might have fallen off, you say.. well .. why? ) . Just doens't seem right..
i have the same exact thing on my 1970-d