AboutMyCoin1916 Proof Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark) in PR70
A 1916 proof Wheat penny with no mint mark graded PR70 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and PR70 is what a grader called the surface that survived. What that looks like on this coin is below. Where the grade sits against the rungs either side of it, and every way it is written on a slab, are in the table below.
What PR70 means
A 1916 proof Wheat penny with no mint mark in Proof (PR-70) is perfect under magnification: no hairline, no mark, no weakness anywhere, and the open fields before and behind Lincoln’s portrait as they left the die. On a date struck before modern packaging this grade is close to unobtainable, so a listing offering one is worth checking the certification number on.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade PR-70, PF70 or PF-70. They are the same grade and the same 1916 proof Wheat penny with no mint mark.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1916 proof Wheat penny with no mint mark is given run from PR60 to PR70. PR70 is the top of that scale, so there is no grade above it to step up to. In general terms, the higher the grade the more the coin is worth.
| Grade |
|---|
| Proof (PR-60) |
| Proof (PR-61) |
| Proof (PR-62) |
| Proof (PR-63) |
| Proof (PR-64) |
| Proof (PR-65) |
| Proof (PR-66) |
| Proof (PR-67) |
| Proof (PR-68) |
| Proof (PR-69) |
| Proof (PR-70) ← this page |
How to check this yourself
Sold listings, not asking prices. The link below is already filtered to completed sales of a 1916 proof Wheat penny with no mint mark in PR70, which is the difference between what somebody paid and what somebody hoped for. Until this site has a researched figure for this grade, that search is the answer — take the middle of several recent sales rather than the highest.
Completed sales of a 1916 Proof Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark) in PR70 →
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