Cherry Picker
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My brother just came over and showed me this 1944 wheat with no mint mark and what looks like the L error. The L seems to be missing completely. What do you think? Picture is fuzzy. He got it in change at Walmart.
Your thoughts on this 1944 L error
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Don
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I have quite a few of them. Can't tell you value, but not much, I don't think! At least, last time I checked.
Cherry Picker
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60streeter
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Unfortunately the ebay ad means nothing unless it sold for that price? They will put big numbers on anything at all..... PCGS does not even recognize the variety....
FreeBirdTim
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Total mintage of 1.4 billion that year, so not worth much at all. There are quite a few bogus listings on eBay where they sold for hundreds or even thousands of dollars, but all the sellers have low or zero feedback. An honest coin dealer would never try to pawn this coin off as an error. It's not an error, just a Philadelphia minted coin, so no mint mark was ever on any of them.
Cherry Picker
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Better picture.
Cherry Picker
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HUM? I must be doing something wrong. Do a Google for 1944 L error penny and see what you get.
FreeBirdTim
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Google is paid to put eBay and other sellers search results first. That's why you see the bogus search results first. One of the most annoying aspect of Google. Here's a legitmate link to a coin collecting forum:
https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=440649
https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=440649
Cherry Picker
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LOL. I guess you can't trust anything you see on Google.
Even if you go to the sold items on eBay it shows a bunch that have sold?
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CallMeGrey
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I found this that I thought was interesting: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=440649
The thing is, the 'value' is what someone will pay for it - whether it is really an error coin or not. Enough of them listed on Ebay to make some people think it has value. /shrug
The thing is, the 'value' is what someone will pay for it - whether it is really an error coin or not. Enough of them listed on Ebay to make some people think it has value. /shrug
FreeBirdTim
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Sold doesn't mean they were ever paid for by the buyer. That's why I only sell items with the "buy it now" feature and immediate payment required. Got tired of all the non-paying bidders on eBay.
Cherry Picker
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Looks like they find a lot of suckers. There is still a lot sold with a buy it now option. The trouble they would have gone through to fake the value of an ordinary wheat is amazing.
Don
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Maybe value has gone up since I last checked! When I started collecting coins in 72, I came across quite a few and tucked them away.
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hoser
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Just took one to a coin dealer in Traverse City Michigan. If I had four of them I would be able to buy a cup of coffee. He said it is common and at the most worth $.50.
Cherry Picker
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I know the 1944 is common, but the L on the rim is common as well?
hoser
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Yeah apparently it is. I have one as well. and thought it was gonna be a cool error coin. If it's not an error, what denotes an error coin???? In my feeble mind it's not a normal coin.
Cherry Picker
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WOW, I was never aware that there was a common error in coin mintage. Learn something new every day.Yeah apparently it is. I have one as well. and thought it was gonna be a cool error coin. If it's not an error, what denotes an error coin???? In my feeble mind it's not a normal coin.
I see now. All 1944s look like the L in Liberty is close to the rim.
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hoser
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Yeah, sad but true my friend, sad but true. I would hang on to the coin though. Ya never know what may happen later on.
4X $.50 = maybe a small coffee around here. That is unless you are one of those guys who gets "special" mixings
Cherry Picker
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It's a scam supported by a lot of people besides eBay. My brother could turn around and sell this penny worth 5 cents to some unsuspecting soul with ease for several hundred. He said even the guy at the local pawn shop was taken in.
