AboutMyCoin1936 Proof Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark) in PR61
A 1936 proof Wheat penny with no mint mark graded PR61 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and PR61 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 PR61 means
A 1936 proof Wheat penny with no mint mark in Proof (PR-61) is an impaired proof: the fields are still reflective but the hairlines across the open fields before and behind Lincoln’s portrait are obvious, and the eye is drawn to the damage before the design. The gap between this and an unimpaired proof of the same date is usually the whole of the price.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade PR-61, PF61 or PF-61. They are the same grade and the same 1936 proof Wheat penny with no mint mark.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1936 proof Wheat penny with no mint mark is given run from PR60 to PR70. One step up from PR61 is Proof (PR-62). In general terms, the higher the grade the more the coin is worth.
| Grade |
|---|
| Proof (PR-60) |
| Proof (PR-61) ← this page |
| 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) |
How to check this yourself
Sold listings, not asking prices. The link below is already filtered to completed sales of a 1936 proof Wheat penny with no mint mark in PR61, 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 1936 Proof Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark) in PR61 →
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