Wheat cent

any value? Really off center

 

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It's approximately 10% O/C. It's worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

Chris

 

kind of cool being a wheat cent too. kind of beat up though..ouch!

 

Yours is ok... now then.. do you want to see a really Off Center!
From my collection

 

actually a Misaligned Die.

The obv is normal.

an extreme case, but with the scratches?

 

Nice OC cent. Worth a few bucks to a collector of errors but it's only OC a little.

 

Sorry Treashunt.. I see both sides of the OP's Cent Off Center

 

OC Wheats are kinda my thing. 1944 seems to be a fairly common off center wheat cent. However i prefer the ones with full dates like yours and mine:







I also have a 1926 D struck off center i recently posted in the Got Wood thread.

 

well, you see better than I do.

If it wasn't in the stupid holder perhaps I could see it

 

nice ones.

 

yea i had to look twice, notice the bottom edge of Lincolns bust does not follow the rim...

 

Looks to me like it was pounded into an encased coin and then popped out.

 

We all have one, most of us anyway. Here's mine:

 

Thank you.

 

@paddyman98 @Evan8 The errors you guys posted above are great! Generally speaking, are these errors worth getting slabbed? Price of the slab vs. the value of the coin? The 75% Off-Center I posted above was 1 of 5 free grading from ANACS I sent in a few years ago on a promotional offering. I don't think the coin is worth the cost of the grading. I sent it in just because I liked the coin. Your thought?

 

I think off center wheat cents could be worth it depending on year and grade. My 1911 above, is graded by ANACS, AU-50. And depending on the year and mint and how far off center, ive seen them range from $100-$1000 on ebay. My 1911 was over $200 and at the same time there was a 1911 D about the same as mine but they were asking around $700 for it cause it was from the Denver mint.

 

How do you find coins like that? They don't fit in rolls do they?

 

Yes, the ones above would fit in rolls. Sometimes you would see/feel a bulge on the side of the paper roll.....which would be a great indicator that there might be something special inside. Not sure about the most common way they find their way into circulation today or years ago. I see many errors coins that have obviously been in circulation a long time and others that are mint state and in slabs. I often wonder if mint employees pick-up/grab the errors and send them in for grading.

 

That must be it. I know if I worked there I would try. It's probably pretty risky though. Like the dime struck on a nail.