wheat penny

[traelovi]

I found this wheat in my change with no date. It does not appear that it was worn off. It appears as though it was never there. Are these common?

 

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[dg39]

Gremlin activity could have ground it off. OR it could be a mint error. Probably the gremlin's did it though. Look at it under a strong Magnifying glass to see if traces of date might remain.

 

[LadyDigger]

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view.php/32444 <<< found this about the date thing. I sounds, like the previous poster said....someone scraped it off.

Looking at your pic...I see an 8...but that could be my eyes playing tricks on me ...

 

[traelovi]

There is nothing visible to the naked eye. Is it just me or does it look like traces of the date show up in the scan?

 

[traelovi]

Yeah the more I look at this scan, looks like 1948 or 1949.

 

[LadyDigger]

Try scanning it penny again and target the area of where the date is....see if you can get a clearer shot of that area. And that is what I was thinking...1948...but I can clearly see an 8.

When I have a hard time seeing something...I try to scan an area larger, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't...but try it and see what you get. Good Luck.

 

[Monty]

Well, now that I study it closer, I am seeing a 19?8. Or not? Monty

 

[BjC]

I don't know what to think

 

[Rustbelt Rosie]

Looked at it magnified in imaging software. Yep, that's an 8 on the end, the base of a 1 at the beginning, the bottom of a 9 (obviously LOL) Could you slip it out of the plastic and shoot another pic? There's either a glare band on the plastic or a fine scratch that is obscuring what might be the remains of the 3rd digit. Oh, I am just so picky, picky, picky.
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