1914d Wheatie Found

[bigfootokie]

I have been detecting off and on for 44 years and have found too many Wheats to count. Finally I found a rare one and it's in pretty decent shape with good detail.

Last Monday and Tuesday I hunted 3 different trashy spots with the Deus and my finds were meager at best, or so I thought. A handfull of clad, copper memorials, a few zincolns, the usual bits of trash, and 3 Wheats. I put all the coins in a container of distilled water to loosen the dirt and left it until Wednesday evening when I had time to check dates. The last Wheat I looked at was a 1914d and I stood there thinking I had an unusual find, but I kept thinking there was no way after all these years I could have recovered a rare Penny.

I headed for my computer room to take a look at my extremely outdated coin book (2002 edition) to see what I had. This old book showed the minimum value at $80 and the highest value at $1700. I was pretty much in shock after that knowing that my find had nice detail and should fetch a higher price than $80 especially since my price book was 10 years old.

I have not cleaned the coin and I'm not sure what to do with it next since none of the companies that authenticate and slab coins will do any cleaning...none that I have checked so far.

Thanks for looking.

 

[hatpin]

Congrats. I found two last year in the same area. I dont know how much they are worth . I think yours is in better condition. The lines at the top of the wheats are clearly visible.

 

[Larry (IL)]

Here is a very good fair market value site that I use a lot. http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/fmv.shtml

Congratulations on the 14-D

 

[MNCoinhunter]

Welcome to the '14-D club !!

I found one last year. And even with wear and corrosion, I was offered $100 for mine. Still got it though, I'm not broke and homeless so I can keep it indefinately.

As far as cleaning it any further ... I would leave it just the way it is. It will do nothing but decrease it's value.

Congratulations !!

 

[GunnarMN]

That is a really nice find, I always dig pennys I have one old farm house and have found several wheats and they are all in emaculate condition , I just need a rare one . keep digging

 

[Tin Fin]

That's really cool. My oldest wheatie is a 1917 that is in better shape than I thought it would have been. I still have a ways to go to get "a lot" of wheaties, but there is an old farm....

Great story, and photos. That's part of what makes this hobby cool - you just never know what you are going to find.

 

[matthias]

Nice find! Congrats! HH. Matt

 

[bigfootokie]

Thanks for all the great replies. I have decided to get my find cleaned and restored by NCS. It will cost $50-$60 but I think the coin will clean up nicely and the value should go up significantly.

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[ksabubba]

Congrats and please post a pic after the cleaning!

ksabubba