This is gonna be a great box for wheaties, and I'm not talking about cereal

[DCW]

Three rolls into a bank brick, and I've got 17 wheats pulled including a 1919, a 1952-s, and one so worn I can only read the mintmark, "D."
Probably 1917-D, whaddaya think? (Looks better in photos!)


I absolutely love finding cents like this. Love the feel of slick old copper. Imagine how many millions of hands this old cent passed through over the last hundred years on its way to this post? How many times was it handed to a clerk at the post office, or given to a child to buy candy, or dropped on the ground, picked up, and placed back into circulation?
I'll report back with the box totals or anything interesting.
Wish me luck...

[1gtsfan]

I agree it looks like a 17-d. off to a good start, can wait to see your results.

[GrumpyEd]

It's been around the country a few times at least.

Looks like a 17-D or maybe 19-D, if it has a VDB it's a 19.

[willbrooks]

It's been around the country a few times at least.

Looks like a 17-D or maybe 19-D, if it has a VDB it's a 19.

I had that thought too, but that coin is so worn even if it had a vdb on the shoulder it's long gone off that specimen. My initial thought was a 1919D, but it is gonna be pretty impossible to find any master die markers on that pig.

[DCW]

7 more rolls in and found another wheatie on the other side of the grading spectrum:
A 1946-s in BU

[coop]

An indirect design transfer on the reverse of the 1946-S.

[willbrooks]

An indirect design transfer on the reverse of the 1946-S.

Yes, pretty strong on this specimen. I see progressive indirect design transfer on the majority of my BU wheats. It starts to manifest itself pretty early in the die's life. It isn't as visible on brown circulated examples, but I would suggest this phenomenon showed on the majority of wheat cents when they exited the striking chamber.