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Error on 1929 wheat penny

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I’m just wanting to know if this could be an error with the nine.
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#2 Unread post by Iceresistance »

Can you do better pictures on this?
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#3 Unread post by SensibleSal66 »

Hello. All I see on enlarging the Pic. is a little bit of damage to the lower part of the 9 making it appear larger than it is .
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Is this better?
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Explain to me why the nine on the end of 1929 looks like a cursive q and is in fact raised in a continuous strike. I will get better pics on this coin. I having a hard time seeing it as post mint damage

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This is nothing more than a common contact mark from circulation
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I will have to say if that’s what it is then it’s was a perfect contact mark

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#9 Unread post by Iceresistance »

It's a Contact Mark that damaged the coin's date . . .


But still, a 1929-S Wheat Penny is not very common at all!
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Good too know, is it worth being graded? I have several wheat pennies that I have questions about. I plan on posting one every day to get feedback thank you all for all your feedback

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Damaged coins are NEVER worth grading.

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Daniel thank you for your post man I love your YouTube channel I’ve been waiting five years for someone like you to come on to YouTube
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No, do not grade. not worth it.
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Explain to me why the nine on the end of 1929 looks like a cursive q and is in fact raised in a continuous strike.
Can you say the magic word? JUST KIDDING! 😜

The 9 was hit by something when in circulation. Coins take many hits and sometimes end up making us think of other things by the look of their damage. How can we be so sure its damage? B/c studying the way coins are made will let you understand there is no way this could have happened at the mint. The procedures for making coins make it impossible for a q to make it into the date. And even if the impossible became possible and it had, this cent, being 100 years old, with literally millions of coin collectors searching their coins for errors in all that time (especially since the internet was hatched and error hunting became the rage) would have notices this. The way coins are made, a wrong letter/number engraved into a die would have to have made many more of the same.

I am not sure what you mean by the S being a continuous strike? To a collector the word strike means for a die to hit a coin and make an impression. Please elaborate on what you are asking.
But still, a 1929-S Wheat Penny is not very common at all!
Granted, you do not get them in pocket change. But look at eBay sold items for a 1929-S in this condition. Generally a $1.00 max in the same condition as yours. Unless they still have all the details just like they came out of the mint (details not worn away from circulation), they do not command a high price. If they have original mint luster and in great condition (not just shiny as a cleaned coin is easily told), then they can bring a higher price.
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Excellent , to the point, and interesting videos👍🏻
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Wow thank you guys thank you very much and I appreciate all the feedback from all of you. And thank you for the links

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And when I meant continuous on the s I meant continuous on the nine.
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#19 Unread post by Earle42 »

Thanks for clarifying...it makes sense now 😊

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Earle42 wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:58 pm Thanks for clarifying...it makes sense now 😊

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