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    Wheat Question

    I've had this wheat penny for quite sometime and when I look at it, it just looks odd. Could this possibly be a mint error coin? It just looks like something happened to it in the press. Thank you.
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    It appears to be post mint damage.

    BJ Neff
    Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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    • #3
      Thank you BJ. Is there any possibility this could be a minting error? Im not sure how it could be. Its just the way the coin is raised in spots and the curvature on the right side of the coin that another penny fits exact into. You may not be able to see it in the pictures very well, but the curvature runs from about 5 o'clock and curves up across his back shoulder. The other one starts at almost 9 o'clock and runs to the back shoulder and ends in almost the same spot the other curvature ends and a penny fits exactly in that curvature also. Not doubting you at all that this is post mint damage, just giving you more information and easing my curiosity. Thanks again BJ.

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      • #4
        BJ is correct. The coin was damaged or vandalized outside the Mint. The unnatural flattening seen on both faces and the fact that the coin is out-of-round is clear evidence of this.
        Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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        • #5
          Ok. Thank you very much.

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