I found some more coins that were different from the rest. First of all I found 9 US Liberty Pennies that said D under the name. The years are: 1984, 1990, 1973, 1979, 1994, 1968, 1993, 1983, 1978. What does this mean? I also found a Canadian penny, but it didn't have the maple leaf, it had what looks like a dove, and it says 1867 (bullet) 1967. Thanks
Hello again Jervous. Sounds like you're having fun going through some coins you have around the house! That's good. The D you are referring to is the mint mark, it designates where the penny was minted: D - Denver, S - San Fransisco, and no mint mark is Philidelphia. Since the coins you found have a D, they were minted in Denver. In some years, D mint marks can be rare and collectable, but the coins you have found, although a great place to start off filling a witman folder, are pretty typical. The Canadian penny you found is a year type canadian commemorative for the centenial, but because 345 million were minted, only mint state examples command a value over face - even then in low grade mint state, it's worth about 10 cents
I might suggest you buy a Whitmann folder, if you don't have one already. You can find them pretty cheap at hobby stores, etc. If you aren't familiar with what I'm talking about, let me know, and I will explain a little more. Good luck with your hunting!
Thank you again rick, and yes, my dad and I have kept a jar filled with pennies, 1000+, and Ive barely looked through a fifth of it all! I found another Canadian penny like the first one, and some more D coins. They are: 1999, 1968, 1984, 1983, 1944 (!), 1996, 1971, and 1978.
A whitmann folder is a popular tri-fold holder for type coins - they make them for all sorts of american and canadian issue coins, like pennies, nickels, quarters. Each binder has a little hole for each year, and mint type. That way, you can search for sets, and easily identify those years and mint marks that you have not yet found. For searching through pennies, I think it's a great place to start.
Unless that 1944D is the elusive overstrike showing a slight remnant of an "S" under the "D", it isn't entitled to that exclamation point. There were 430,578,000 cents minted at Denver that year, and most of them have the same retail value as most other wheaties - around a nickle apiece in less than top grade.
you found a 44 D wheat penny. When I was in my teens, you could find those in your pocket - not so anymore. They are still pretty common, but people have (over the years) pulled them out of common circulation. I'm always surprised when I find a wheat cent in my pocket, these days... which is almost never. Good find.
I was looking through the coins, and I found four of the Millenium coins and 2 of the Confederation coins, which I happen to be collecting.
Hey Rick...they are like the US State quarters but Canada did that to their quarters...they are alright...seen a few. Speedy
