Expert: PAPAJACK - 6/27/2008

Question
I have penny that 199      I do not see a 4th number?  Is this worth anything? thanks. mich

Answer
Hello Mich,                      

Missing letters or digits are usually caused by a filled die error.
Grease and debris commonly get caught in the recesses of the dies as they produce coins. When the dies close on the coin blank, the portion of the die filled with this debris won’t let the metal flow into it.

These coins are very common with weak or altogether missing features. The price you may get for them over the face value depends on what an error collector may pay for the particular coin. Since yours is only missing one digit it is worth less than a dollar.

Error collecting is a branch outside of coins collecting. There is no fixed pricing on these error coins published and each one would have to be seen to be evaluated.

I hope this information is helpful.

Feel free to ask another question about US Coins.

Good Luck

PapaJack