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New Member
United States
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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. Previously posted in US Commemoratives and Non-Circulating Coinage (NCLT) Including Grading, Varieties, and Errors. ***I'm new to this collecting field. I have a 1958D Wheat penny, the mint stamp D is crooked is this considered an error? 
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Moderator
 United States
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 to CCF. sorry,but not an error. Until 1990,mint marks were hand punched on each working die so the placement will vary. If the mint mark was touching the 9 then it would be collectible. Nice looking obverse,is the reverse nice looking also? John1  |
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Moderator
United States
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@NCG, I agree with @john1 on this. I might save this in a 2x2 as the mm is pretty far away from the ideal location and appears to be almost touching the date.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
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New Member
 United States
9 Posts |
@JOHN1 the back is in pretty good shape as well I have two of the 1958D
as well as a few others.
1- 1913
1- 1917
1- 1919S
1- 1936
1- 1941
1- 1942
1- 1944
1- 1945
1- 1946
1- 1947D
1- 1950D
2- 1951D
1- 1952D
1- 1953D
1- 1954D
1- 1955D
1- 1956
2- 1957D
2- 1958D
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19171 Posts |
Agree with Spence. Good example of a mint mark placed a ways out from it's intended location.
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New Member
United States
9 Posts |
So the MM placement that is clearly off from the norm placement has no significance to classify as rare or anything like that?
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21614 Posts |
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So the MM placement that is clearly off from the norm placement has no significance to classify as rare or anything like that No because there would have been tens of thousands minted from that die. It would be the same as any other die that was punched a little off of the normal area. Still a keeper because it is a Wheatie. |
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New Member
United States
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@JimmyD
Makes sense of what your saying but I also have another coin same date and mm and the D is placed in center alignment, that's what has me curious
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21614 Posts |
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the D is placed in center alignment, Then it was struck from a different die. I'm not sure how many die were produced by the mint for all the coins minted but even if it was 100, then you could have the MM in 100 different areas as they were hand punched into each one. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Good eye! to the CCF! |
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New Member
United States
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I appreciate everyone's input into this! I'm new to coin collecting so I'm trying not to get my hopes up lol
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21614 Posts |
That's how we learn is by asking questions.
There is a wealth of information on the sidebar for learning.
In the glossary you can learn about the terminology.
Under US Coin facts is more usefull information.
At the top under Search you can type in a question to see
if it has been answered before.
In this case you can type in 1958 MM Cent to see what others had
previously asked about this.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yep - a MM like your coin has is seen often and not considered rare. to the CCF! |
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New Member
United States
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Can anyone tell me if the L in Liberty got cut off due to the die stamp 10/22/2018  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
The rim looks flattened on that area. There are cases where the 'L' could be mising, but not a plus for the coin to me.  It can be blocked by grease on the die. Excessive die wear can affect it also. But I prefer nicer die states. |
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