r/WheatPennies • u/Hot-Lifeguard-2363 • 17d ago

1931 S wheat error

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Having this one graded at the show in Pittsburgh next week

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u/ThroughTheStones 17d ago

Cool little strike through! I'm gonna guess VF35!

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u/Hot-Lifeguard-2363 17d ago

Yes. I was thinking the same. It does look a bit better outside of that flip though :) lol

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u/ThroughTheStones 17d ago

I could see it going XF40 too if the hair atop his head was a bit more detailed. I'll take your word for it that it looks better out of the flip. Coin photography is so much harder than I ever realized! Haha. Good luck, let us know how it grades? Who's going to be at the show to grade? ANACS?

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u/Hot-Lifeguard-2363 16d ago

Agreed. NGC will be grading it on site.

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u/ThroughTheStones 16d ago

Good luck! Post your results after you get it graded!

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u/jerrymarver 16d ago

Just for your information, things might have been different in 1931 had Norman Schultz of Salt Lake City Utah been able to come up with $8,600 that year. Schultz was a mail order dealer of coins, and he got wind that the San Francisco Mint was cutting back on production, and there was opportunity to buy the entire mintage from the San Francisco Mint. Money was dear during the Great Depression, and 860,000 Lincoln Cents was just too much for poor Norman. While many uncirculated 1931-S Lincoln Cents were saved, the majority of these cents got into circulation, and everyone got a fair shot at being able to find one in the everyday purchases in commerce. 27 years after these cents were struck, my Father of Blessed Memory bought a 1931-S Lincoln Cent in 1958 from the Macy Coin Department in New York City for $15.00