1914D Wheat back Penny Find, with the DFX

[msareborn]

I don't know if I ever posted this, but back a couple years ago I was using my DFX about a block and a half away from my home. I was digging in the berm, (the berm is the best kept secret in metal detecting) between the curb and the sidewalk, when I found a small spill of turn of the century coins. My first spill, and I really didn't know what I found. First popped out the V nickel, and I didn't recognize that. Then the Indian head penny, and last comes a slightly scratched 1914D. It was pretty cool but I didn't know at that time that the 1914D was such a hard one to find. This was the only picture I took, so you'll have to look close to see it on the bottom left. Go get you some!

 

[pescadore]

What happened to it ? Do you still have it?

 

[msareborn]

Pescadore;
It has been sold! It's the only coin I've sold.

 

[pescadore]

Very Cool!! I sold my 1921d Mercury Dime and have regretted it ever since. Congrats on the rare penny find, makes me want to go through all my wheaties.

 

[Mega]

Some nice finds,out of interest what was special about a 1914D coin,was it something to do with a special mint mark or not alot has been made or something else.

 

[foreign object]

May not be right but I think that the mint accidentally minted a few of the 1914ds out of copper. I'm thinking that they were supposed to be steel, I may be wrong so don't quote me here.

 

[pescadore]

Only a little over a million minted. Worth minimum of $175 more than likely.

 

[msareborn]

The 1914d is the king of key date wheat pennies. The steel penny reference posted by "Foreign Object", is the 1944 steel penny. Us needed copper for the war machine, so steel pennies were made. The 1914 Denver mint was like "Pescadore said, a low mintage. The 1922 wheat is also a rare one, along with the 1931s.