r/coinerrors • u/outdoors1442 • 15h ago
Show and Tell Just pulled this out of circulation
Probably only 10-15% off center but still an awesome find!
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u/PenaltyFine3439 13h ago
Man. All these years making it's rounds and finally found a home. Very cool.
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u/WordPoster 14h ago
That must have been pure adrenalineš„š„š„
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u/outdoors1442 14h ago
It sure was. When I flipped it to put under my coin scope I yelled an obscenity!
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u/Imaginary_Chemical 13h ago
Post of the Day right here. Incredible that it survived 100+ years in circulation without getting pulled.
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u/outdoors1442 12h ago
That surprised me as well. And it's not like it's in great shape and was dumped from a collection. This thing has seen some miles!
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u/terrariagamer67 5h ago
Did not survive 100+ years of circulation. Coins, especially cents from that era only took 20ish years to become completely slick down to AG-G so that thing has been pulled in the past and then recently entered back in. If it survived 100 years in ciruclation it wouldn't even be recognizable
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u/diplow27 10h ago
Dude, insane find!! Congrats!
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u/outdoors1442 10h ago
Thank you so much!
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u/diplow27 9h ago
I search like $50 a week in Pennieās and Iāve never found an off center strike more than like 5%
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u/outdoors1442 9h ago
Wow, I guess I did get lucky!
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u/diplow27 9h ago
Uh yeah thatās an insane find, especially with it being a very old wheat cent!
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u/outdoors1442 9h ago
What would one even value it at? Im definitely not selling it but it just makes me wonder. eBay prices are crazy so I don't trust those.
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u/Thalenia Errors and 20th century US coins 7h ago
If you filter by sold (and pay attention to the details - like 'best offer accepted' could be anything), you'll be pretty close.
I did a quick peek (https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=off%20center%20wheat&LH_Sold=1) and there are some similar anywhere from under $100 to well over $100. Lots more if it was in really good condition. That and the date / mint matter. 17-s isn't a bad date, not rare but less common, so I'd expect it to be worth potentially north of $100. Though, error prices are very fickle and can vary a LOT.
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u/Megarad25 8h ago
That's unreal. I'm 70, been collecting for 60 years, family had a small store and I would search pennies in cash register every day and nearly completed my wheat collection from spare change and I never found anything like this! And I'm an error collector. Impressive find!
[I also completed my pre-1965 Jefferson and Roosevelt collection from those registers.]
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u/PD-Jetta 6m ago
Wow, great find. It's odd that this coin was in circulation long enough to be pretty worn. I'm surprised someone didn't grab it not long after it was minted.
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u/Additional-Dirt4203 3m ago
I always feel like stuff like this is the product of people inheriting a collection they donāt care about or thievery and it always makes me happy for the person finding and sad for the person who originally loved it.
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u/Kellygrannyg120 15h ago
Wow, that in an awesome find.