Here is the full obverse.
Found this in the last box I went through. Of course, it would be a crummy looking coin, just the way my luck goes. Could be the ole eyes...
http://coinworld.com/News/070802/News-1.asp Apparently the Secret Service thinks it's real, or at least that can't confirm that it is counterfeit.
http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/lincoln_cents/wheat_ear_cents/1959d_one_cent_wheat_ears.htm Here's a story about it at coinfacts.com.
Congratulations Zane!
Thanks for the feedback guys. My first impression was strike doubling, until I looked at the upper left part of the building, then I wasn't so...
That's an excellent start. I'm lucky if I can find 10 wheats in a box of cents, usually 40s and 50s, but I did find a G-4 1914-D a couple months...
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Found this going through some rolls tonight. Opinions, please.
In 1993, the mint changed the reverse on the Lincoln cent where the A and the M in America touch or almost touch at the bottom for business strike...
Last couple days of "vacation" (I start my new job on Monday), plenty of time to go through boxes of cents. Went through another box yesterday,...
Latest box of cents: 19 Wheats, all 40's and 50's 7 Canadians and another 1998 Wide AM
Our bank has a machine for change. I just dump it in there and take the receipt to the teller and get cash. Since I have an account there, there...
Latest box: 18 Wheats, all 40's and 50's, except for a G-4 1921. 3 Canadians 1940, 1973 and 1983 and a few Memorial Cents with RPMs. Nothing...
Usually a sealed box of 50 rolls of coins (Cents - $25, Nickels $100, Dimes $250, Quarters $500). I'm not sure on Halves, I'll defer to the folks...
Only if they were minted prior to 1993.
The mintmarks are on the reverse. As Roy said, it is probably an optical illusion, caused by metal flow and/or damage/wear.
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