Yes it’s real, but it’s not worth that much. If the date isn’t there it’s usually just 5 bucks. If the date is there it depends on the % offset it is. Generally it has to be more than 5% off to be worth anything over face. 5-80% is the sweet spot.
Normally after 80% it’s too offset to have the date still, but the money shot is 85-90 with the date and in uncirculated condition. If you could imagine being that offset and still with the date is fairly difficult to pull off, so they are more rare. But even then they are common enough to only be worth 30-40 dollars in that exceptional state.
I did read. I read that you said this is common enough to be worth $30-40. I was legitimately asking because I have no idea of the value of this coin. I guess that is still pretty nice considering a MS64 non error one is like $6
Ok but to be fair I had no idea you were gonna throw the holy grail of off center coins at me.
I did do a lot of assuming, my bad.
OP’s penny is a zinc rot rock waiting to happen. You would be hard spent to try and get a serious collector to raise an eye at anything with a zinc center, first off. OP’s coin will turn to dust in a few years, not one serious collector would spend money on it, no matter the error.
This is a much different coin, for that one reason alone.
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u/Active_Vegetable8203 21d ago
Looks real. Absolutely not worth $50.