What the heck?:confused:

[John - Maryland]

Now that the weather is cold and ground is frozen, I have been going through some old finds. A older hunting partner of mine who has been metal detecting for 30+ years brought out and old can of Wheaties he had saved that go back to the 70's when he first started metal detecting. While going through them I came across this penny with a crooked 1. (?). Anybody know anything about this?

 

[go-rebels]

Damaged... nothing else.

 

[John - Maryland]

I Looked closely and dont see any damage marks on it.

 

[CT Todd]

looks like a damaged 7 die

 

[Philo_NY]

That what you have is clearly a 1 over a 1944 wheat back. I would consult a coin dealer or good grading company on this one. I have not seen this type of error in any coin books, you may have a rare one here... Just my two cents...

Philo_NY

 

[John(Tx)]

n/t

 

[coinnut]

Hey, I think what you have is a coin used to practice forgery on. Note that the "i" in liberty is crooked as well.The art of working a coin has been around for quite a while. Sometimes they remove mint marks (1922 D wheat) to make a rarer 1922 plain. Sometimes they shave off a mint mark and apply it to another coin (1909 VDB plain) turned into a 1909S VDB. I think someone was testing their skill at moving and removing parts of a date. Although it's not the right "4" turned into a one, it looks like practice to make a 1944 penny into a 1914 D penny. When they were better at it, they would use a 1944D penny and shave off the parts of the first 4 to make a 1. That's my guess at it. Breen's book didn't list anything like that for the 1941 wheat. See what a dealer thinks, but that's what I think it is. Nice find whatever it turns out to be.

 

[John - Maryland]

n/t

 

[Chris(SoCenWI)]

n/t

 

[Nick A]

Post mint damage, not a mint error.

 

[JOHNMARKHAM]

hummm id say its junk...but a coin grading co would be best.. jmo

 

[goldnugget]

From Coin World Article May 2008

 

[mgtmadness]

Better keep it then.

 

[John - Maryland]

n/t