Found 1953 Wheat Penny Reverse Error in Left Wheat Stalk ????

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  1. Sharon Robinson

    Sharon Robinson New Member

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  3. Raizac

    Raizac Well-Known Member

    nice die crack
     
  4. Sharon Robinson

    Sharon Robinson New Member

    Thank you. Am new at this... Are die cracks valuable in any way? I guess it's not an error so not valuable?
     
  5. tommyc03

    tommyc03 Senior Member

    Seconded to a die crack. Likely 25-50 cents in a dealers odds and ends bin. If a dealer would even do this.
     
  6. Sharon Robinson

    Sharon Robinson New Member

    Thank You
     
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  7. Brian Nguyen

    Brian Nguyen Active Member

    Agreed with die crack. Its common on the 50s wheat cents.
     
  8. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    AFAIK, die cracks are considered "errors" or "varieties" although they seldom command big bucks, nice die crack
     
  9. Seattlite86

    Seattlite86 Outspoken Member

    Agree with all above. It's a die crack. These were very common on wheat cents and you're not likely going to get any value from it unless you sell on eBay, and even then, it would probably cost more to ship than you'd make off of it.
     
  10. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    Most people do, but technically they are neither one, they're a die stage.
     
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  11. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    A nice little die crack on the wheat stalk. Good find. Welcome to CT.
     
  12. I have a 1953 D that has some serious errors/damage? The penny is bent and has strange diamond shape marks from maybe a tool or IMG_8959.JPG something.
     

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  13. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Usually better to start your own post, but in this instance the coin isn't worth it. This is what is called PMD (Post Minting Damage).
     
  14. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Definitely damaged.
     
  15. Clawcoins

    Clawcoins Damaging Coins Daily

    you need to start your own threads for posts.
    but yes
    (a) it's bent (not from the mint but done sometime after that
    (b) has tool marks on it (once again, not from the mint but sometime after that).
    which both are damage. Those diamond marks are very consistent with the marks from a can opener. We had a thread here a while back on it and I tested it and duplicated the diamond marks with a can opener. The other marks on the head, shoulder and rim could be from the same can opener just other parts of it and slippage.
     
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  16. Sorry about the thread. Will start another. Thanks.
     
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