AboutMyCoin1913 Proof Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark)
A 1913 proof Wheat penny is 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc with no silver in it at all, was sold in a 1913 collector set rather than released into circulation, and is one of 2,983 struck.
Coin info
- Year
- 1913
- Composition
- 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc
- Weight
- 3.11 g
- Diameter
- 19.05 mm
- Face value
- $0.01
- Denomination
- Cent
- Minted at
- Philadelphia (no mark)
- Country
- United States
- Obverse
- Abraham Lincoln facing right, with LIBERTY behind him and the date before him
- Reverse
- Two ears of durum wheat curving up the sides, framing ONE CENT
- Edge
- Plain
Mintage: 2,983
This is a proof, not a coin that was ever in a till: it was struck on a polished blank from polished dies, sold in a collector set and almost certainly kept in one. So the mintage says less about it than it would about a circulating date — nearly every one of them survives, most of them untouched. What decides the price is the metal, the state of the packaging and whether the surfaces have been fingered or hazed.
The published figures for this issue disagree — the sources give between 2,848 and 2,983 — so the figure above is the highest of them. Where it cannot be settled how many were struck, this page states the number that makes the coin commoner rather than scarcer.
The Wheat penny series
Almost every wheat penny is worth a few cents, and the ones that are not are identified by a specific year and mint mark rather than by age or wear -- the 1909-S VDB, the 1914-D and the 1931-S above all.
- Struck
- 1909–1958
- Designer
- Victor David Brenner
- Key dates
- 1909-S VDB, 1931-S, 1914-D, 1909-S, 1924-D
The metal changed mid-series, so the date decides the metal and the metal decides most of the value.
| Years | Composition | Filed under |
|---|---|---|
| 1909–1942 | 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc | Copper and bronze ← this coin |
| 1943 | Zinc-plated steel | Steel |
| 1944–1946 | 95% copper, 5% zinc | Copper and bronze |
| 1947–1958 | 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc | Copper and bronze |
Other years
1956 Proof Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark)
A 1956 proof Wheat penny is 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc with no silver in it at all, was sold in a 1956 collector set rather than released into circulation, and is one of 669,384 struck.
1956 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark)
A 1956 Wheat penny with no mint mark was struck at Philadelphia, is 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1956-D.
1956-D Wheat Penny
A 1956-D Wheat penny was struck at Denver, is 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1956 with no mint mark.
1957 Proof Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark)
A 1957 proof Wheat penny is 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc with no silver in it at all, was sold in a 1957 collector set rather than released into circulation, and is one of 1,247,952 struck.
1957 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark)
A 1957 Wheat penny with no mint mark was struck at Philadelphia, is 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1957-D.
1957-D Wheat Penny
A 1957-D Wheat penny was struck at Denver, is 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1957 with no mint mark.
1958 Proof Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark)
A 1958 proof Wheat penny is 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc with no silver in it at all, was sold in a 1958 collector set rather than released into circulation, and is one of 875,652 struck.
1958 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark)
A 1958 Wheat penny with no mint mark was struck at Philadelphia, is 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1958-D.
1958-D Wheat Penny
A 1958-D Wheat penny was struck at Denver, is 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1958 with no mint mark.
Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.