1959 P Wheat Cent Rarity Question

"That is what I think too. I looked up the cert on NGC and the pictures match. It sold for under $20. I should have had my max bid higher."

.... Wait, you actually knew about this?!?! I'da thrown $20 at it. If another one comes up (& it never will), let me know, I'll buy it.

So tell us, @jsb, how did you come up with that image pair to begin with?

NGC Source

https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6578258-008/67/

I contacted NGC via their contact form, waiting for a response.

That was a nice catch @JSB, sounds like you would be good at 'cherrypicking' varieties or errors online when images are verified to not be stock. I had tried that for a bit and even found some only to be sent different coins than the images shown (which were used as stock photos from other examples) so try to verify the coins are the actual ones being offered.

I had found the ebay listing and contacted the seller as mentioned after your post, who had confirmed it was a unusual mistake in the ngc photos as the actual coin itself with that certificate did not have the wheat reverse. I was awaiting photos from the seller to post here, but since NGC has confirmed that the images were incorrect on their site and fixed them there (which the seller also used), its no longer needed. If you look up the certificate again it now shows the correct reverse without the wheat back. The seller will let the buyer know and offer a refund before sending to them just in the unlikely event they bought it thinking it was an error due to the wheat reverse in the image. Its too bad that wasnt a wheat reverse as that would have been potentially worth tens of thousands and would cause quite a lot of excitement! Keep searching

Do you mean Tens of Millions (inflation) ? lol

Sounds like an honest mistake now corrected.

I could have retired early for sure.