Need Some Help With A Possible Wheat Cent Error

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WestGhost New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 04/19/2017 10:52 pm Hi all, I am new to the forum and coin collecting as well so please excuse me if I am posting this in the wrong forum. I was going through a roll of 43 steel wheat cents and this coin stood out to me. It looks to me that the D mint mark is much higher into the date than the other coins in my roll. Just wondering if there is any value to it. Thanks in advance for any info- * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 04/19/2017 11:01 pm Lincoln Cents are modern coins, so I moved your post to the appropriate section for the proper attention. Report this Post to the Staff
Oijogja Pillar of the Community United States 715 Posts	Posted 04/19/2017 11:59 pm Hi WestGhost, welcome to the forum. Mintmark placement usually doesn't command a premium except in certain exceptional instances. Generally, unless the mintmark were touching the date or was seriously misaligned, it's considered normal enough. That said, I have been speculating to myself for a while that mintmark placement may become increasingly popular to collect, if still niche. The 1975 high D nickel has relatively recently achieved some notoriety. Perhaps other coins with poorly placed marks, along the lines of yours here, will follow in its footsteps. Edited by Oijogja 04/20/2017 12:01 am Report this Post to the Staff
WestGhost New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 04/20/2017 12:36 am Oijogja, Thank you very much for your expertise. Looks like I'll just hold on to this one for a while- Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCents Pillar of the Community United States 3656 Posts	Posted 04/20/2017 12:38 am to CCF hope you will be with us for a long while. You might find something now and then with odd mm placement, but what is in the past is all you have. The mm's are now part of the master die. @Oijogja I have been looking for one of those 1975 high D nickels myself - no luck yet Edited by CoinCents 04/20/2017 12:40 am Report this Post to the Staff
scurry64 Pillar of the Community United States 900 Posts	Posted 04/20/2017 07:36 am I hope you don't mind that I cropped and enlarged your image in order to show the MM placement a little more clearly. I don't know why, but I find this date/MM very interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
Oijogja Pillar of the Community United States 715 Posts	Posted 04/20/2017 07:52 am It interests me, too. I'd keep it for its curiosity factor in addition to being a Wheat cent. It's probably just a shadow or something, but I keep wanting to check more closely to see if the upper left of the D shows itself to be an RPM. Edited by Oijogja 04/20/2017 07:53 am Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCents Pillar of the Community United States 3656 Posts	Posted 04/20/2017 08:09 am For that year they were placing the MM up higher not like what we see in 50's. The original coin image rotation is off a bit other than that might be an RPM - but that area of this hobby I am not familiar with. I thought your idea to crop it closer was a great Idea. I did a little more to it. Straightened it out and did B/W since that is usually what I see for this year. Report this Post to the Staff
Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7516 Posts	Posted 04/20/2017 09:21 am It is misplaced in higher position but not uncommon. Report this Post to the Staff
WestGhost New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 04/20/2017 7:15 pm Thanks to all for your replies, much appreciated! Report this Post to the Staff
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