Hello everyone, I just started pennies collection. I have a question to ask - the last 9 of date 1899 is filled, is it a date error?
Looks like it just got hit and flattened out. IMHO it's what we call DEFDAM ( DEFinitely DAMaged ). Thanks for posting such a striking question. Regardless, I want to say Welcome to Coin Talk !!
The Cent you have is called a Indian Head Cent and not a Wheat Cent. Wheat back Cents were minted from 1909 until 1958 Indian Head Cent - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Head_cent Wheat Back Cent - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent#Wheat_cent_(1909–1958)