I Received A Penny I believe To Be A 1914 Proof

A friend of mine bought a bucket of wheats from her neighbor in South Dakota, and scooped out a few handfuls into a bag for me. She doesn't collect or sell them, but has a lot of friends that do, so she just sent some to all of us. My bag was loaded with wheats from the 20s and 30s, and one that is in remarkable condition, and looks to me like a 1914 proof. If so, I know they are pretty valuable, I just don't know how to confirm it. The pictures do it no justice, because the shine and color do not transfer well, but hopefully it can help enough to determine.

The shine is almost as brilliant as a newly minted coin, with more of a gloss look to it, and the color looks more like a bronze/reddish copper than regular copper.

 

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So someone has polished your coin. That does not make it a proof

 

It's not polished. I worked for almost a decade polishing stones and jewelry. There are no signs of polishing of any kind, I'm not an idiot. Polishing, no matter how good, has obvious signs.

 

You come across wheat pennies like this every once in a while. I don't believe they're proofs, just uncirculated coins that have likely just been put in circulation. You find red-brown ones occasionally too, I think it's neat to come across a coin that's started to tarnish but is otherwise pristine.

I know what you mean about them being hard to capture via camera as w ell

 

It's terrible too, because the shine is brilliant, then as soon as you take the picture it looks just like every other one.

 

Since these are the matte series of proof, any shine, etc. would not be part of the characterization. Look at the edges. True proofs are from dies that have 90 degree edges/rims.Non-proofs have a rounded edge ( chamfered). Here is a photo of a Lincoln matte proof before I had it slabbed. Notice the flat sharp edge. Also the rims are close to perpendicular to the fields, no rounding. I do have a photo comparing the edges, I will try to find it from a previous thread.

 

Definitely just messed with...

 

I see you've already listed it on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTREMELY-R...60?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item2ebfe732ac

 

lmao

 

Ha.
Good grief.

 

I just love people like that, who are new to something, but seem to know it all.

Edit: At least its free shipping.

 

+1

 

Marketing 101

 

Can you post pictures of the edge, and it looks cleaned and damaged to me.

 

there is a small nick at the bottom toward the reversed, and I'm trying to get a good pic of the edge but its hard because my only camera is my phone. I looked at it under magnification though and it doesn't have the beveled edge my other wheat have.

 

Your photos blow up enough that I can see the edges aren't at rt. angle, there really appears to be a rounded edge. Please take a photo of the edge side ways if you wish, maybe I am seeing it wrong.

Jim

 

You have got to be kidding me....

Not only is it not a proof, it looks damaged.

 

"With less than 1,400 1914 proofs ever minted, this is a coin you will surely never see again for sale..."

Never again, except for here http://www.ebay.com/itm/350579173484

-LTB

 

Here is a very specific and very informative way to confirm it.
Get your 10x loupe magnifying glass out,
not by listing it on eBay and believing it is a 1914 proof and passing it on for $300.00 with hope it is.

Terrible salesmanship. :rollling:
1914 Matte Proof Lincoln Cent Diagnostics by Paul
of CommonCentsRareCoins DOT com on Collectors Universe message boards.

 

I will save you some time. The coin is not a proof. It has beveled edges. Also, It would be a matte proof of which it is not. I would suggest that you remove your listing before somebody here reports it. I am not trying to be ugly, just being honest. We have some ebay police here.