Think you can make out the date on this Wheat Cent?

I got this in my change today. I beleive it's a 191x cent. Can't make out the final number.

I wonder where it's been. Maybe it was in the ground for some time and then put back into circulation??

ANyway, let's play guess the date shall we??


I'm thinking 1915

http://www.pix8.net/pro/pic.php?u=11130S5RAi&i=1046220

http://www.pix8.net/pro/pic.php?u=11130S5RAi&i=1046221

 

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Maybe it is a 1914, possibly a 'D'

 

If I had to guess I would agree with you and go with 1915 as a probable date for that coin. Of course, most of the sellers on ebay would claim the coin is a 1914-D and try to get a hundred dollars for it!

 

Even if it was a 1914-D, would someone really pay that much for a coin in the same condition as this one?? It's so ugly, i don't even want to put it in a 2x2 and add it to my binder....but i will

 

As hard as it is to believe, yes, someone probably would pay that much for your ugly coin if you could get ANACS to certify it as a genuine 1914-D. There seems to be no limit to what folks are willing to pay for key dates when it comes to Lincoln Cents. I have even seen 1914-D cents that are obviously altered 1944-D cents selling on Ebay for hundreds of dollars. And the seller states in the listing that he believes the coin is probably a fake. And yet people will still bid high for it! Go figure; the madness!!

 

i'd say 15

 

Well unfortunately after comparing coins off google from 1910-1919, i'm convinced it's an 1915 unless someone else beleives otherwise. No 14-D here

Oh well, still a good find and my oldest circulation find to date.

My oldest wheat cent is a 1909 wheatie, but that was passed on to my from my grandfather

 

I can make out the lower curve of the last digit. First guess is a 5, but there is the off-chance of it being a 3. I can't make out any mintmarks either. That thing sure has seen better days, but then again, it is a wheatie!

 

Hmm, now you have me thinking. It definitely could be a 3 as well.

 

1913 or 15, probably 15.

 

I agree...it may be 13 but probably 15

 

nice find!

 

From the looks of the coin and what is left of the Date, I would say 191 A.D.!:whistle:


Frank

 

my guess is 1913 plain

 

I think its a 1913 plain too.

 

I'm leaning towad 1913 as well.

 

1915. I'm thinking the three on that coin had more of a bottom half with the end pointing down. In a more ''gothic'' type. JMO

 

My first impression was a 1913, no mint mark. Nice find anyway.

 

Hmm, i thought it was a 1915 but i guess there is enough people thinking its a 1913 to make me study it a bit longer

 

i need to see it under my stereo microscope..................care to send it to me?