1971 penny

[kramden]

Ok ladies and germs. This I stumbled upon while I was sorting dates. How bout some skooling. Look at the date.. 2nd one esp. looks like it melted?????

[Mohawk]

I'm going to say definite post minting damage on that one. 

[kramden]

What about the strike . Off center?

[Just Bob]

I am not seeing an off center strike, and the weird date is the result of damage, as Tom stated.

[Mohawk]

I'm not seeing an off center strike either.  Just a regular, damaged 1971 Lincoln Cent

[Numismatic, A.A.S.]

The 1971 proof penny..(.you have a business strike)..is extremely rare in ultra heavy/deep Cameo in high grade ie, 68,69,70....

Enter into that realm...then call me....

P.S. Arm yourself with thousands of dollars before entering.......peace

[kramden]

Ok gaining valuable info fm here.  Thanks. Question.,,........what do war nickles weigh? I got 3 more.2 p's and a d.do they weigh 5 grams like the other ones. I'll post em later. Doing research on em

[Just Bob]

The copper/silver/manganese nickels weigh the same as the copper/nickel pieces: 5 grams.

[kramden]

Hi Bob. So what makes em so valueable.

[Conder101]

They are 35% silver and regular five cent pieces have 0% silver.  Silver cost a lot more than copper or nickel.

[kramden]

Ok how about these

[kramden]

so these r only a couple of bucks. thats valueable??????

[BipolarBaby]

1 hour ago, kramden said:

so these r only a couple of bucks. thats valueable??????

Yea, not too valuable, just your regular silver war nickels and a 1954 nickel. There are some different varieties to the nickel. I believe how many "steps" that are in front of the Monticello could determine the value greater or not. Some info on the steps here:

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-fs-full-step-designation-for-jefferson-nickels-defined-photographically.49827/

 

Although by those pictures I don't think you'll be able to tell how many steps there are on those coins. You got about 2.60$ in silver there, figure you'll get around that for the nickels. 

[Mohawk]

2 hours ago, BipolarBaby said:

Yea, not too valuable, just your regular silver war nickels and a 1954 nickel. There are some different varieties to the nickel. I believe how many "steps" that are in front of the Monticello could determine the value greater or not. Some info on the steps here:

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-fs-full-step-designation-for-jefferson-nickels-defined-photographically.49827/

 

Although by those pictures I don't think you'll be able to tell how many steps there are on those coins. You got about 2.60$ in silver there, figure you'll get around that for the nickels. 

 Peter is correct.  The War Nickels are worth silver melt and the 1954-D is a spender.  The whole step issue is with mint state coins only, as far as I know.  I do know that it definitely does not apply to well circulated coins such as the ones pictured......it's pretty hard to count steps when they're worn off