On 1930's wheat cents , are / could there be different serifs

GrimReaper

used for the date ?? I found a 1934 and the bottom of the 3 is pointed just as the 9 !! Everything else i've looked at has the normal bottom on the 3 . Any help would be greatly appreciated !!

LoveMyLiberty

David Lange, who seems to always worry about the style of "3's" in the date, observed
that for some reason the 3 on 1934-P and 1934-D issues were made using the correct
style, but then returned to the incorrect style in 1935 through 1939.

LoveMyLiberty

It should be mentioned that the 1943 issue also had this type of 3 and
the 1931 style of 3 is different as well with the bottom extending out
further to the left.
Minor changes to the style of numbers used in the Lincoln series occured
occasionally and are of no premium, so keep looking at your Lincolns!

GrimReaper

I found more 1934 wheats in my stash and they're all the same !!



























So much for my big discovery !!

UTTM07

Correct style for what? All the other 3s except 1934 until 1943 were the rounded style. The pointed 3 seemed to come out of nowhere.

And 5s are similar, 1945 has a small 5, and in 1950 there was suddenly a pointed style. It doesn't seem possible they just forgot to use the correct style for 20-40 years.

tahoe98