1930/1 wheat cent ???

Pennycase

I was and still am assembling a lot of wheat cents for a fellow collector, and while sorting out the coins, to make sure not to put any 50's in there, I came across an odd looking 1930 wheatie the 0 looked like a D, so I grabbed my 10 X loop and started to investigate... The coin appears to be a 1930/1 On the left of the 0, it is flat, and you can see an indention in the bottom of where what appears to be the 1, I have taken my 31 S and studied them both closely, on where the 1 is located, and on the 30/1 ?? they both match up perfectly....Anyone ever hear of such an error? I've been searching and searching for something along the lines of it, but, nothing has come up. And if the guy i'm sending the wheaties to, ends up with a thousand dollar coin, I want in on it buddy . Or could this possibly be the result of someone fixing a die chip that is known on the 1930 ???

thebeav

Hello,
My guess is that the zero just got caught or dinged at some point in it's life. Of course it would help if you posted a photo.
I've examined more circ cents than I would care to admit and I have seen digits that have been whacked.....
Paul

lordmarcovan

I don't know what it is, but if it is an overdate, I would think it would be 1931/0 instead of 1930/1- the one would've been punched over the zero rather than the other way around, which wouldn't make any sense? I've never heard of such an overdate, but I'm not an error/variety guy.

BTW, I wrote out the check today for that batch o' Wheaties I'm buyin' from you. You wouldn't by any chance be talkin' about MY lot, would you?



<< <i>if the guy i'm sending the wheaties to, ends up with a thousand dollar coin, I want in on it buddy >>



Not to worry. If we're discussin' my lot, and if by some bizzare chance I end up with a thousand-dollar coin, I assure you the windfall wealth will be spread around and shared liberally.

tsacch

photo?

WaterSport

Nothing listed in Breen's book

WS

Pennycase

I can take photos, but, they wont help any, I only have webcam to take photos right now, it's hard enough to get mint luster to show on the photos I take... Anyways, no lordmarcovan , it was found in a lot of wheaties for someone who just today has ordered, I would suggest that you search through your's pretty good though, I've never taken the time to look for any mint errors, this one just popped up at my and said " look at me look at me " .

JRocco

I would PM coppercoins and ask him. If there is anything known about this overdate, Chuck will know it.

Conder101

Most likely damage from a wrapping machine. There are a lot of cases of damage that looks like overdates out there from these machines.

LM, what surprises me is that there haven't been any cases of an overdate with a digit over the FOLLOWING number. In the twentieth century all of the overdates have been the result of doubled dies where the second hubbing was done by the later dated hub. But since dies were being made for both years at the same time it should be equally possible for a die for the coming year to come back from annealing and be hubbed the second time with a hub for the earlier year.

coppercoins

I'm with Conder on this one. Sounds like wrapping machine damage. There are no known overdates in the Lincoln cent series.

bigtonydallas

Send it to Chuck to examine or to C.O.N.E.C.A!

coppercoins

I'd be happy to take a look at it and photograph it for educational purposes, but I can just about guarantee that it's not an overdate. I was just thinking it through while driving over to get my son from school, and realized that we would be talking about an overdate with a forward date, not a backdate. As far as I know there are no examples of anything like this happening in US coins...this would be very highly odd, thus very highly improbable.