What is the rarest Wheatback penny?

Will through this one in , the 1936 proof with a mintage of a little over 5,500

 

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Rarest?

Easy:
the 1958 DDO!

One (possibly 2) known.

 

43 copper

 

With a little qualification, you are correct. The 1943-D copper cent is just as rare as the 1944-S steel cent with a single one of each known. There are 2 1958-D D/D known so, therefore, it is not in the same category.

 

Yes dear god. I just got butterfly's in my stomach.

 

I know this isn't a wheatie but this is the king of rare lincoln cents out there it's in the smithsonian
jazzcoins Joe

 

I think this is a rare Bronze penny!

 

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All Lincoln cents from 1944-1946 were struck on a planchet that a little bit different composition. The metal came from war salvaged sources...a lot of when ammunition casings that had been melted down. So, these do tend to have a slightly different tint...but it isn't rare.

This is something you don't want to do. Cleaning your coins destroys any collector value they have. Don't clean them!

 

Oh really, I thought it had been done (I read that somewhere). What accounts for the different metal composition from these years then?

 

I have been looking at all kinds of sites all over. I don't see may of the bronze penny. So in my eyes it is rare that it is made of bronze.

Tumbling the coins was a joke people. LOL:goofer:

 

Apparently, I was incorrect with my information. I read that somewhere and the source was incorrect. However, cents from 1944-46 did have a slightly different composition as they didn't have any tin in them.

 

To quote the Red Book;

 

Did they just have left over planchets through 1946 then? The war ended in mid-1945 but was winding down earlier in the year than that. Why keep tin out of the coin through 1946?

 

A war shortage of tin? The composition was 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc. For 1944 to 1946 it is listed as 95% copper and 5% zinc.