AboutMyCoin1936-S Wheat Penny in VF20
A 1936-S Wheat penny graded VF20 is worth $1 to $8, from sales and public data. The grade below it is Fine (F-15), and the same coin in that grade is worth less — how much less varies from date to date.
Very Fine (VF-20)
$1 to $8
From sales and public data. Figure occasionally updated. Not an appraisal or declaration of worth or value.
What VF20 means
A 1936-S Wheat penny in Very Fine (VF-20) shows clear detail across the whole design with wear on the raised areas alone: the cheekbone and the jaw of Lincoln’s portrait and the hair above his ear are flattened but still separated from one another, the tips of the wheat ears and the upper edges of their stalks keep most of their major detail, and LIBERTY behind the shoulder, IN GOD WE TRUST above the head and the date are sharp.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade VF-20. They are the same grade and the same 1936-S Wheat penny.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1936-S Wheat penny is given run from PO1 to MS70RD. One step up from VF20 is Very Fine (VF-25). 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.
← Fine (F-15)Very Fine (VF-25) →
What it sold for
No certified sale of a 1936-S Wheat penny in VF20 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 1936-S Wheat penny in VF20, which is the difference between what somebody paid and what somebody hoped for. If what you find sits outside $1 to $8, trust what you found: it is newer than this page.
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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