Strange wheat cents

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Dilly dollar, Jun 23, 2018.

  1. Dilly dollar

    Dilly dollar Active Member

    The 1955 looks a bit doubled in some spots.

    The 1944 has a protrusion on the obverse.

    The one you see the reverse of is a 1954 D, and the left wheat looks weird.
     

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  3. NLL

    NLL Well-Known Member

    The first coin is called The poormans doubled die and the other two coins have die chips. Nothing special and are quite common.
     
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  4. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    Questionable color, cleaned.
     
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  6. Dilly dollar

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    Possibly! Just today I got done sorting my wheats by date and mint, and I counted 2,291. A lot of the wheats were in somewhat normal condition, some were pretty nice, and others looked cleaned and horrible. The cleaned ones would have probably been my fault because when I was younger I loved sticking them into potatoes. I know........sad, but it only happened to about 30 of them.
     
  7. Dilly dollar

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    I wasn't expecting much from them, but just thought I'd share.
     
  8. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    Photos are always welcome. I made that comment, because cleaning (and I am not saying you, it could have happened years before you got this coin by someone else)
    will turn copper cents from brown to an orange or pinkish color.
    Sometimes it's the lighting, and sometimes the color has changed.
    People will scrub coins to try and get some discoloration off, and through scrubbing remove a layer of metal from the surface. If the cent is clean but very orange instead of brown, it has probably been harshly cleaned. (If it's not the lighting.)
     
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