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I was looking at my "2009 Lincoln Penny" On the head side of the penny, is a picture of Lincoln, and when I flipped the coin over (the tail side) everything is upside down -the log cabin is upside down. Is this normal? or is it a defected penny?
Sinh,
It all depends on which way yuou flipped the coin. If you flipped from top to bottom, the image should remain upright. If you flipped from side to side, the image should become upside dowm.
If you flip top-to-bottom, and the tail side image is upside down, you have a pretty rare rotated reverse error -- could be worth $100 or more.
I hope this helps,
Dan
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Dan Moore
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