AboutMyCoin1931 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark) in F12
A 1931 Wheat penny with no mint mark graded F12 is worth $2 to $14, from sales and public data. The grade below it is Very Good (VG-10), and the same coin in that grade is worth less — how much less varies from date to date.
Fine (F-12)
$2 to $14
From sales and public data. Figure occasionally updated. Not an appraisal or declaration of worth or value.
What F12 means
A 1931 Wheat penny with no mint mark in Fine (F-12) carries moderate wear over the whole coin, but the design is still a relief rather than an outline: the cheekbone and the jaw of Lincoln’s portrait and the hair above his ear keep some separation, the tips of the wheat ears and the upper edges of their stalks are worn smooth at their highest points while the outline of every feature stays sharp, and LIBERTY behind the shoulder, IN GOD WE TRUST above the head and the date are full and clear.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade F-12. They are the same grade and the same 1931 Wheat penny with no mint mark.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1931 Wheat penny with no mint mark is given run from PO1 to MS70RD. One step up from F12 is Fine (F-15). In general terms, the higher the grade the more the coin is worth.
A blank in the value column is a grade this site has not researched, not a grade the coin is worth nothing in.
← Very Good (VG-10)Fine (F-15) →
What it sold for
No certified sale of a 1931 Wheat penny with no mint mark in F12 is recorded in the sources this site reads, which is what you would expect at this price: certifying a coin costs a large share of what this one is worth, so almost all of them change hands raw and unrecorded. The range above is what the published guides say rather than what anybody paid, and it is the weakest figure on this page.
How to check this yourself
Sold listings, not asking prices. The link below is already filtered to completed sales of a 1931 Wheat penny with no mint mark in F12, which is the difference between what somebody paid and what somebody hoped for. If what you find sits outside $2 to $14, trust what you found: it is newer than this page.
Completed sales of a 1931 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark) in F12 →
Where these figures come from
We gather publicly available data from several public sources including eBay, PCGS, NGC, Numista, USA Coin Book, PriceCharting, and others.
Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.
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