Roll hunting wheat cent ender

Discussion in 'What's it Worth' started by robertk310, Jan 20, 2017.

  1. robertk310

    robertk310 Active Member

    I found this 1958 d on the end of a roll today, wheat side sticking out. This cent looks to be in pristine condition. Is this cent worth getting graded?
     

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  3. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    It's pretty for a roll find, but not worth getting graded unless you want to pay $30 to slab a coin that's probably worth less than $1.
     
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  4. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    Nice find. Wouldn't get it graded though.
     
  5. SuperDave

    SuperDave Free the Cartwheels!

    1958-D is interesting. It would need to be literally the highest-graded coin of the date, MS67, to be worth more than the cost of slabbing it. An MS66+ RD sold for $20 at Heritage a couple months ago. As nice as it is, and it's nice, it has no shot at 67.
     
  6. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    I imagine it wouldn't be worth grading any coin that is worth less than $100 (or even $200).
    But this coin is a keeper.
     
  7. robertk310

    robertk310 Active Member

    Thanks everyone for your valued feedback! It is a pretty coin though, couldn't believe that wheat side was starting me in the eye in a roll. I got it into a flip immediately after I took the pics for this post. Thanks again!!!!
     
  8. robertk310

    robertk310 Active Member

    I completely forgot, is the color/toning on this cent fairly common? I've seen beautiful browns and reds but i can't recall seeing this golden yellow color on older cents.
     
  9. SuperDave

    SuperDave Free the Cartwheels!

    It's a definite keeper. I'm particularly attracted to the expansive die polishing, although I'm weird that way. :)

    The color is less-common but not out of the pale for Lincolns; it's just a function of the atmospheric conditions under which they patina'd and possibly a slightly off alloy mixture. A nice color which pops up in these pages once in a while.
     
  10. robertk310

    robertk310 Active Member

    Thanks for the explanation, especially the knowledge about the off alloy mixture--going to go read more about that tonight!!!
     
  11. SuperDave

    SuperDave Free the Cartwheels!

    It's not like the "wrong" alloy, just not as completely mixed as normally expected. Perhaps a little higher percentage of zinc near the surface that specified. Something similar causes what we call "Woodies."
     
  12. robertk310

    robertk310 Active Member

    I thought I read on a different post here that woodies are caused by something in the minting machine as the coins go through some rollers or something? The grease or whatever gives the coins that woody look as they go through the rollers?
     
  13. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

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