1956 Penny With No Mint Mark?

As I was going through my wallet I noticed that I had a relatively old penny. When I looked closer I noticed that there was no letter below 1956 indicating the mint it was made at. Does anyone know the value of something like this?

 

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It's a normal Philadelphia cent. No mintmark for Philadelphia on cents.

 

Philadelphia does not use a mint mark on most coins

 

One cent, give or take.

 

2.5 cents

 

You really didn't know that !! smhhh

 

A new member... so didn't know. That why they asked.

 

Did you know that before you started collecting coins? Probably not.

 

The Philadelphia Mint has always been the main mint and "mint marks" were required ONLY when coins were minted at the branch mints when Philadelphia could not supply the demand.

Lincoln Cents have never had a "P" Mint Mark. Even when the "P" Mint mark was implemented on all coinage in 1980.

Prior to that, the only other coins which had a "P" Mint mark were the wartime nickels of 1942-1945 and the SBA Dollars of 1979.

The OP's question is a valid question for beginner coin collectors and SHOULD always be asked to prevent the scammers on eBay from taking advantage of them.

 

Brownie, are you a seller on listia?

 

No.

 

I was a buyer, but I stopped using it a while ago.

 

I didn't know anything at all when I first started. I just had a half gallon of worn, damaged old coins. I still don't know
A lot which is why I always post questions. I am getting better at taking pictures of coins though and it's fun even if they are worthless like my icon. I thought I had a bunch of 1970 small dates until I realized they all had a D so the die was different and the loop of the 9 looked like a small date. Hahaha

 

I have a 1956d with no mint mark?

 

Well, if it doesn't have a mint mark, how do you know it is a d? If it is a 1956 with no mint mark, then it is a Philadelphia minted coin.

 

If it is a 1956 D, the D is the mint mark and it came from Denver.

 

Don't forget that the 2017-P is the only cent issued from Philly with the 'P' mint mark.

 

That wasn’t the case in 2014 when he posted the comment. Necrothread strikes again!

 

People keep posting on an old thread, which brings it to the list of "NEW POSTS". I look at that, not the date it was first posted. These need to go somewhere else, since they aren't "New".

 

I agree.