1956-s wheat penny

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  1. Gunner1944

    Gunner1944 Active Member

    I can not find any information on this penny. Can anyone help.
     
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  3. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    I don't believe this coin exists.
    After 1955 they stopped making S cents until 1968-1974. Then from 1975-date they are only on proofs.
    This video seems like an added mint mark.
     
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  4. eddiespin

    eddiespin Fast Eddie

    Funny, that never occurred to me. You Ed Wood graduates are awesome. :)
     
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  5. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    The guy in the video does say that it is ans added S. He says the person who did it has talent.. :hilarious: that's the worst added S I have ever seen! That's not talent!
     
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  6. How much do you want for it?
     
  7. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    Not an "S" worthy of Super Sal!
     
  8. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    It was not produced at or by the Mint.
     
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  9. robec

    robec Junior Member

    There has never been an S mint mark that looked like that.
     
  10. charley

    charley Well-Known Member

    There are a heck of a lot of them that look like s..., though.
     
  11. KBBPLL

    KBBPLL Well-Known Member

    Another 6 year old thread bumped with an offer to buy. Doesn't seem like appropriate behavior on here.
     
  12. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    The coin doesn't exist and if it does, it's a bad counterfeit.
    If someone accidentally put the S mint mark on 1 die (I don't even think they were struck in San Francisco then, although in 65,66,67 the coins were struck at all 3 mints with no mint marks) there would be 200,000 or so of these coins in circulation, which would have been discovered almost 70 years ago. And even if the error was discovered at the mint before the coins were circulated, mint records would show that these coins were destroyed/melted.
    There's always going to be some kind of fairy tale about a coin like this.
     
  13. Here’s one I found today while looking for the 2019 West Point penny in what I thought was unc rolls because they were from first community credit union in 2019 when I first started looking but I got to many boxes saved up and I’m in school so I don’t have time to finish my search yet. If this a counterfeit because I assume so because I I ain’t got no proof one ever existed online. Please help me find a reference or a site that sells these fakes cause I need a new one please?
     
  14. BadThad

    BadThad Calibrated for Lincolns

    Crocodile Dundy voice: "That's not a fake S, this is a fake S"!

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  15. That 1956-s is really cool. I wish I had one.
     
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