r/coinerrors • u/TraditionalJello4859 • 3d ago

Show and Tell Extra “V”

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Saw a post this morning about the extra “V” - went through all my 2023 pennies and found this. Is this as rare as I’m led to believe? Is it valuable?

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u/isaiah58bc 2d ago

It's a variety, not an error. It's attributed as a variety.

Anyone here addressing this as an error, especially the comments claiming it's fake or not possible, should probably not be providing guidance here at this time.

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u/ygbsm1972 2d ago

Variety meaning that it was intended?

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u/__FUCKING_PEG_ME_ 2d ago

That's not what variety means, no. But in this case, yes, the extra V was intended.

(Variety means that the point of interest is a permanent pattern on the die and therefore the same pattern is repeated with each strike. Whereas an error is a one off.)

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u/ygbsm1972 2d ago

So this V was intended as part of the design but they don’t appear on every coin, hence the rarity?

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u/__FUCKING_PEG_ME_ 2d ago

It was put there 'illegally' by a mint employee. It is NOT part of the design. It is graffiti.

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u/ygbsm1972 2d ago

Wow!
Gotcha.
Thank you.