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Last year, I was going through a dealer's 1940s-1950s Wheat cent bin, in which each coin was priced at a mere 5 cents, and found the following coin. This specimen first stuck out to me because it possessed original mint luster, and I had a habit of picking out all the wheat cents from this particular bin which were in such a state of preservation. However, upon taking a closer look at this coin, I discovered that it had some weakly struck points, namely where "TRUST" is usually present on the obverse, where the right wheat stalk is located on the reverse (which is in the same area of the planchet as the "TRUST" lettering), and finally on the legend "AMERICA". Closer examination revealed that the planchet tapers off exactly where the weakness is present on the wheat stalk and motto. As with the struck through partially capped die error I posted a couple of days ago, I plan on sending this coin off to ANACS. Pictures of the coin are included below.   Edited by 1910S_1C
07/06/2026 12:08 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thank you E&V! I have had this one sitting around for over a year now, and am gathering up some modern errors and varieties for an upcoming submission, so I thought I'd share it here.
Edited by 1910S_1C
07/06/2026 12:05 am
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very nice find at a great price!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very interesting, yes. A photo or two with this coin sandwiched between two 'regular' wheat cents would be good to see. Thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
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Another nice pull from the bargain bin.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Excellent pick. What is the weight of the coin?
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Very nice! |
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Thank you everybody. Brand, I sadly do not have a scale capable of discerning weights at the granularity pertinent for coins. I will edit this reply later today with a photograph of my coin next to a couple of ordinary wheat cents.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice find & congrats.
As Brand mentioned, the weight is nice to have on these, since that is an integral part of the diagnostics.
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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My apologies for the tardiness -- here is the picture of the edge of the coin, as promised. I figure it is better to post it as a new comment rather than editing my previous comment as the latter may cause people to miss the image altogether.  |
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thanks for the additional image - but can you get us an accurate weight as requested?
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Posted 07/06/2026 12:03 am
