1907 wheat penny with no indian head

I found a 1907 wheat penny not the indian head,but they say the first wheat penny was made in 1909. im sure of the date how can this be?Thanks

 

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Welcome to the forum. A photo will be needed to help explain what you might have. My first thought is either a man made or coincidental movement of metal through wear or damage, to change a numeral, perhaps a 1909's last 9 is transformed into a 7. Also in the past, skilled changes by engravers of a common cent ( then ) into a rarer one are known. Photos of both sides of the coin and a closeup of the date would be best.

Jim

 

Realistically, there is no chance of what you have actually occurring.

You said you're not sure of the date. Perhaps if you post pictures, we can help you with that. You likely just have a damaged "wheat" cent.

 

welcome to the forum,... please do post a pic of the coin, we are curious and here to help you.

 

This would not be possible in any way - what you have is a 1909 that has had the "9" hit or sheared to look like a "7".

 

Actually he/she said that they were SURE of the date.

 

Because in fact, he/she is NOT sure of the date because it cannot, will not or turn out to be a 1907 Wheat Cent. It is very simple folks, come on???

 

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A photo would help

 

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I do not need a photo to tell you that's it's not a 1907 cent but a photo would help to tell you why the numbers look that way to you and/or to tell you what happened to this coin to make it look like a "7". If a wheat cent it's date is and always will be 1909 or later.

 

When you take the photo crop it over the date so the over all picture does not come across blurry.

 

Tooled.

 

Or grease filled die,100yr of handling too

 

sorry everyone i found out that someone faked it when i took it to an apressor

 

I'm lost was there a 1907 wheetie?

 

It is amazing some things that people do for fun or profit. Don't be sorry, you had a question and no readily available answer. It is an interesting coin to keep and show people ( but please put a label on it as a faked coin, so if someone finds it 50 years from now, they will know what grandpa left them )

Jim

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kk. well, that's probably photoshopped, but the OP's coin could be tooled/altered also.

 

Thats a pretty cool photo.

 

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Actually there was going to be Lincoln Cents with Wheat backs on them way back in the early 1880's. However, the Indians threatened another uprising if they couldn't get thier pictures on a coin so Lincoln agreed. Also, on the back some funeral people wanted that wreath thing and they too won. So our history of our coinage was saved by protestors once more and we ended up with what we have now. :goofer::goofer:
Of course non of this is probably true but who knows?

 

Whoa carl what have you been smoking. I like that lincoln agreed to keep indians on it in the 1880's.

This was a legitimate question. And I think based off that picture it would be kind of a cool fantasy piece.