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1995 Penny Errors Guide: Varieties and Values

1995 Penny Errors, Varieties, and Values

1995 penny errors and varieties are highly collectible coins! 

For instance, observe this 1995 p penny.  It’s a doubled die obverse Lincoln cent and it’s worth a few hundred dollars and up in mint state condition.  Note the doubling most visible on Liberty and In God We Trust.

1995 penny value

Furthermore, doubled dies like this are highly collectable because the doubling is noticeable without a microscope.  

However, due to the wear and tear on this penny, it’s not worth as much as one in mint state condition. 

1995 Lincoln Cent

For instance, a 1995 penny graded MS69RD, sold for $5,053.00!  Furthermore, a Lincoln cent doubled die obverse in circulated condition will sell for $5.00 and up on eBay. 

Moreover, the zinc rot on the back of this doubled die penny negatively impacted its value. 

1995 penny

1995 Penny Values

Additionally, 1995 Lincoln cents don’t have to be a variety or error coin in order to be valuable.  For instance, a 1995-D Lincoln cent graded MS68+RD, sold for $1880.00. 

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Moreover, a 1995 no mint mark Lincoln cent graded MS69, sold for $2760.00. 

However, those one cent 1995 coins are in flawless condition.  Additionally, a 1995-S penny graded PR70, sold for $2530.00.

Furthermore, the best chance of finding rare Lincoln cents is by searching through original bank wrapped uncirculated rolls. Moreover, checking mint sets for proof penny errors and varieties.

Looking for more? Check out the Rare Penny Errors Master List for a complete list of other year penny error guides featured on this site.

Finding Rare Coins

Flawless 1995 pennies are evidently very valuable. However, 1995 pennies aren’t the only doubled die coins worth money. 

Coin collectors collect specific coins like doubled dies to increase the value of their collection over time. 

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For instance, check out the top 100 coins list provided by pcgs.com.  Furthermore, this coin was gifted to me from a fellow coin collector for my personal collection.

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2009 Professional Life Cent Error

2009 P Professional Life
Lincoln Cent Error

spiked head die crack penny error

2009 Professional life cent errors and varieties exist!  For instance, when I began coin roll hunting I started out by buying boxes of penny rolls from the bank.  

In keeping with practicing what I preach, I recently bought an original wrapped roll of the 2009 P Professional Life Cents from Ebay.     

Check out this 2009 P Professional Life Cent defective planchet error!  It stood out from the rest of the coins in the roll because of the silver color on various areas of the coin.  

2009 Professional Life Lincoln Cent Plating Error Coin

Plating Damage

Furthermore, “since the introduction of copper-plated zinc planchets in 1982, Lincoln pennies are affected by a wide variety of plating defects. 

Moreover, mishaps in the plating bath result in unplated, or partly plated planchets.  Other misprints can lead to plating that is too thin, too thick, or oddly diffuse.” – Coinworld.com

2009 P Professional Life Cent Mintage

Furthermore, this 2009 defective planchet plating error penny isn’t the first I’ve found.  However, the mintage of 2009 pennies are much lower than shield cents. 

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In other words, “the mintage of 2009 Lincoln cents were extremely low relative to the prior Lincoln memorial cents.  For example, the 2009-P Professional Life cents have a mintage of 316,000,000.”  – coinmintages.com

2009 penny errors

Furthermore, billions of 2019 shield cents were minted.  I was ecstatic to discover a 2019-D partial plating error.  Moreover, I found it in a roll obtained from a local bank. 

It was because of the previous research done on defective planchet plating errors that I knew what I was looking at.

Defective Planchet Values

According to Daniel Malone of Portsmouth Coins, “values on defective planchets depend on how dramatic and severe the defect.  For instance, a cent with a slight defect can be worth over $30.

A dramatic example may sell for over a $1,000.”   Values in the $700 and up range are rarer however, and most values tend to be around $200 since most defective planchets are not extremely dramatic.” – coinauctionshelp.com

2009 Lincoln Cent Professional Life Penny Values

Furthermore, coins with the lowest populations of the highest grades are the most valuable.

For instance, a 2009 1C Lincoln-Professional Cent graded MS68RD, sold for $1939.00 in 2017. 

Furthermore, a 2009-D 1C Lincoln-Professional penny graded MS68RD, sold for $1490.00 in 2018. 

In other words, 2009 uncirculated original wrapped Lincoln cent rolls are worth hunting through for rare errors and varieties! 

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