Expert: PAPAJACK - 10/13/2009

Question
I have 50 1976 penny's that are stamped each with all 50 states. I would like to know what the value of it would be and are they a collector item they are on a card board holder all individually marked with there state they were stamped by as far as i can tell by world incorporated in Ohio. please help me, thanks for your time.

Answer
Hello,              

Thank you for the question.  
This sounds like one of the sets os State Cents not they are not counterfeit coins! These coins are altered though and were made for collector’s with a penny board as a novelty.

The secondary image of the state was punched in by hand on each coin and yours was done incorrectly by the operator doing it.

I have not seen a set made after 1982 but if your set is 1989 there is a chance they are still being made.
I do come across the individual coins occasionally at coin shows. I know of no one currently selling or producing the state sets.

These are real cents that have been altered. I myself have never seen a complete set and do not know what company altered the coins. I am sure there was more than one company doing it.

I have not seen any post 1982 cents stamped like this and the Bicentennial in 1976 has the largest mintage of these “State-Cents”

There is no added collector value to it since it was modified by a private entity after it left the mint. They were made as a novelty and sold as a collectable.

Thank You and Good Luck

PapaJack