Wheat cents were made from 1909 to 1958. An 1803 Large Cent would have a pair of berry branches on the reverse.
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Wheat pennies were designed by Victor D. Brenner and and were only minted from 1909 to 1958. I am not quite sure what coin you have, but with a date of 1830 it is not a wheat penny. Wheat pennies have the bust of Lincoln on the obverse side and wheat shafts on either side of the reverse.
by flipping over the penny and looking at the back. if its a wheat penny its got designs on each side of the writing which is different than a regular penny
You can identify if a penny is a wheat penny from 1953 by looking at the reverse (tails) side of the coin. If it has two wheat ears framing the words "ONE CENT" and the image of the Lincoln Memorial, then it is a wheat penny from 1953. Wheat pennies were minted from 1909 to 1958 and are recognizable by the wheat ears on the reverse side.
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If it looks like a Wheat cent reverse and Mercury dime obverse what you have is a magic coin used in slight of hand tricks and has no collectible value.
A wheat penny is any Lincoln cent that was made between 1909 and 1958. The back of a wheat penny says, "One Cent", and it has a picture of two ears of wheat on either side of these words. Earlier (Indian head) cents and any cents dated 1959 or later aren't wheat cents.
A wheat penny is made of 95% copper and 5% tin or zinc. They were minted from 1909 to 1958 and feature a design of two wheat ears on the reverse side.
Uh, the person whose head is on the front of the coin is Abraham Lincoln, not Wheat. There are 2 wheat ears (just ears, not heads, LOL!) on the reverse side of the coin. In any case, if your coin is worn from circulation it would retail for roughly a dime at most.
8-19-11>>> All error coins need to be seen for an accurate assessment. Take it to a coin dealer. This may be a fairly uncommon error caused when two planchets (blanks) go into the the coining press at the same time, producing two coins, one with the obverse and one with the reverse. Most of the time this causes damage to the coins because usually it breaks one or both of the dies. Unfortunately most coins like this have been altered out side of the mint. It will have to be weighed and measured to see if it's a genuine mint error. If it's real, value is $10.00 and up depending on condition.
What's the value of a 1995 Canadian penny with Queen Elizabeth II on one side and 2 leaves on the other
It is a mule.
The other date 2002 is at the bottom ( same side ) of the coin. 1803 is the year Ohio became a state. It's just a quarter, spend it.