| Coin collectors will often stress that anyone who | | | | was because the dye used to make them was |
| has the hobby of collecting coins should have the | | | | very weak; some pennies are found bearing a |
| "Wheat Penny" in his collection. Wheatback, | | | | stamp D on them while the same is missing on |
| Wheatie, Strawpeny and Wheat Head are some | | | | others. |
| of the names given to these coins. The US Mint | | | | 1943 Wheat Penny |
| had produced this one-cent coin from 1909 till | | | | The 1943 penny, made from bronze or zinc |
| 1958. | | | | coated steel is regarded as one of the most |
| The Beginning | | | | unique pennies. These were specially designed at |
| Victor David Brenner, a well-known sculptor of | | | | the time of Second World War, due to the war |
| New York, crafted the design of these coins, who | | | | quota of copper. The collectors of wheat pennies |
| inserted his initials of V.D.B. into the coin. These | | | | who collect each year regards the 1943 steel |
| initials appeared on the first coins until it came to | | | | penny to be an inevitable for any gallery. The |
| an end almost as soon as the public outcry began. | | | | mint modified the composition back to that of |
| There were approximately 484,000 such coins | | | | copper, tin and zinc in 1944. |
| minted, that is the main rationale behind these | | | | 1955 Double Die |
| coins fetching more than $100's of dollars. If you | | | | The double dye 1955 wheat penny is |
| are lucky enough to posses even one of such | | | | attention-grabbing. You find a distinctive dual image |
| minted coin it could worth nearly $12,000. These | | | | of President Lincoln on these coins. The coins are |
| 1909 San Francisco minted coins are the | | | | regarded as faulty coins as it was not assumed |
| prestigious wheat pennies to posses in one's | | | | to turn out in this manner. Without this coin the |
| collection. | | | | real wheat penny assortment is viewed as |
| Even though lower in value, the 1909-S VDB | | | | incomplete. |
| wheat penny and the 1914-D wheat penny, can | | | | From a year regarded as a "key date" or |
| obtain as much as $5,000. Both these kinds of | | | | "semi-key date", wheat pennies, in any other year |
| coins had some inaccuracies in them, which is why | | | | are valued at three times their value. In order to |
| they still demand such a price. Nowadays, such | | | | get an exact idea of the worth of a wheat penny |
| kinds of coins found their place either in the | | | | one can have a glance at various online websites. |
| personal and private galleries of people or in the | | | | Depending on the person, who is evaluating a |
| hands of coin dealers. | | | | wheat penny, value of a penny will vary. The |
| Even in recent times we come across a wheat | | | | prices offered by a retailer will be on a lower side |
| coin in our regular circulation. These coins are by | | | | than that of the person who is the collector of |
| and large not the prestigious or the exceptional | | | | such coins. Even the local library will be of great |
| wheat coins, however even they will fetch a good | | | | use, it will not only provide you a complete history |
| price in the passage of time. The best example is | | | | on these mesmerizing pennies but will also gives |
| the 1922 wheat penny without a mint mark. This | | | | you some guidance about their valuation. |