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1945 Wheat Penny Error?

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 Posted 10/04/2024  7:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list
Looks like damage ( PMD) to me as well, on the rims. Out of curiosity, what's the weight of your coin? The weakness has me wondering if it was struck on a Rolled Thin Planchet.
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 Posted 10/04/2024  7:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gigi2110 to your friends list
Guys I don't have as much knowledge as you do, but are you sure is damaged? "We trust" is not there and you can see weakness at the reverse as well.
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 Posted 10/04/2024  8:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oddguy to your friends list
Nice find. Grease was on the die when struck, that is why some letters are missing or weak.
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 Posted 10/04/2024  10:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Seeker_101 to your friends list
No expert here and I agree there is some PMD but I'm not certain its all PMD. Weakness on the reverse corresponds with the affected areas on the obverse. Weight of the coin would be nice to know.
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 Posted 10/05/2024  05:25 am  Show Profile   Check spru's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add spru to your friends list
At first I thought it was obvious PMD, but I now see an argument for some type of defective planchet, as well. It doesn't appear to be bulging or out of round in the positive and I can plainly see tapered rims in multiple locations. with Seeker that an accurate weight of this coin to 1/100 gram would be invaluable in determining what happened.
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 Posted 10/05/2024  12:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Girlinlove to your friends list
Now I'm intrigued!! I will get the weight to you in couple hours as I am not home just yet! Fingers crossed! Is there a specific weight you're looking or hoping for?
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 Posted 10/05/2024  5:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Girlinlove to your friends list
FINALLY time to fo this! The weight for the 1945 Wheat penny is.....2.8 grams. What does it mean? Lol
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 Posted 10/05/2024  5:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list
I think it's a Tapered Planchet error. Its normal weight is supposed to be 3.1 grams, but yours weighs 2.8 grams. It's underweight. https://www.error-ref.com/tapered-planchets/
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 Posted 10/05/2024  5:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Girlinlove to your friends list
Oh? Is that good? But more importantly what's it's worth? LOL funny but not funny cuz I am beyond broke.....ehhh
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 Posted 10/05/2024  5:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list
Given the condition shown in the posted pics and the possibility of a tapered planchet, value could fall in the 25 cent to 1 dollar range.
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 Posted 10/05/2024  5:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Tapered planchet possibly, but still damaged.
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 Posted 10/05/2024  6:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gigi2110 to your friends list
I'm glad to know that there's an error in this coin, even if the value is low is always fun to find something like this.

Thank you Errers for the link!!
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 Posted 10/05/2024  9:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Seeker_101 to your friends list
People always look for those cents worth thousands thanks to Tiktok. But you need to look at it this way, a cent that sells for $1 sold for 100x its face value and that's not bad at all. Its much easier to find a whole of cents worth $1 than it is to find one worth $1000.
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 Posted 10/06/2024  10:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Girlinlove to your friends list
I highly doubt anything I have is worth the big money but it's cool to be able to share stuff with ppl who know way more about it than I do.
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