195?

Russellp23

I've attached a photo of a penny without a fourth digit. Any ideas?

JrGMan2004

Bigger pics plz

coppercoins

Definitely....need bigger pics, and I need a pic of the WE TRUST. I should be able to round it down with that info.

JrGMan2004

Well, you're in luck! THE Official Local Expert on Lincoln Cents is here!

coppercoins

From what little I can see it looks like a 1952D. That was the only year of the "stumpy" 5, and one of few years on which die breaks were somewhat common around the date. I have one at home that has a die break very close to that and it's from 1952.

Russellp23

Trying to post these pictures is driving me crazy. I hope this is good enough.

1234567890

I can see the outline of a 2.

Russellp23

You're better than me, I have a loupe on it 5X and 10X and there is nothing there.

coppercoins

It's definitely a 1952, and I don't see the 2. What I do see is a stumpy 5 in the date, and that's the only year that had it. All the other years in the 1950s used a different 5.

Also, as I said before, 1952 is a very common date to have die breaks in the date and mintmark area. 1954 is the second most common, but it had the normal 5.