Many of these errors were discovered and destroyed by the press inspector, however around 24,000 had already mixed in with the overall output for that day before he noticed the errored batch. Out of the 33,058,000 wheat cents that were minted in Philadelphia in 1955, around 40,000 of these mint errors were pressed. It sold for $114,000 on 22nd March 2018 at Stack's Bowers.Ĭoming from the Philadelphia Mint where the dies are the highest quality, you can see clearly with the naked eye the well defined obverse doubling. This is probably the finest example of the 1955 Doubled Die Obverse Cent. #29) 1955 Lincoln Wheat Cent (Doubled Die Obverse) This didn't go down well with the general public so the mint removed the initials on all future pennies that were produced.Īs such a small mintage of 1909 S VDB pennies were produced, they soon became very popular with collectors. The initial batch of 484,000 pennies from the San Francisco mint had the initials VDB on the reverse after the designer Victor David Brenner. This is one of the key dates that every collector of Lincoln Wheat pennies wants in their collection. One of the finest examples of a 1909 S VDB penny, this coin sold on the 14th January 2022 at Heritage Auctions for $108,000. Metal Composition: 95% Copper - 5% Tin & Zinc.Image Source: Courtesy of Heritage Auctions Image Source: USA Coinbook Top 30 Most Valuable Wheat Pennies 2022 In fact, the most valuable wheat penny is a 'one of a kind' from the Denver mint making it super rare and very valuable to own. That's because they are the most rare dates due to a mistake in the minting process in those years. You might notice that quite a few of these valuable wheat pennies are from 1943 & 1944. In later years it was rumoured that the anonymous buyer was in fact Bob Simpson, owner of some of the finest collectable coins money can buy. These United States one cents coins all sold at auction for record prices, however the most valuable Lincoln Wheat cents were sold privately to an anonymous buyer from United States in 20. Valuable Wheat Pennies Top 30 Most Valuable Wheat Penniesĭid you know that the top 30 most valuable Wheat pennies all add up to just over $9,000,000 in value and each one is worth at least $100,000?.
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