AboutMyCoin1939 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark) in G6
A 1939 Wheat penny with no mint mark graded G6 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and G6 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 G6 means
A 1939 Wheat penny with no mint mark in Good (G-6) is a Good coin at the better end of the grade: the same heavy and even wear as at four, but the rim is full and unbroken the whole way round and LIBERTY behind the shoulder, IN GOD WE TRUST above the head and the date stand clear of it rather than merging into it. A rim and a little lettering is the entire difference between the two, which is why they sell within a very short distance of each other.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade G-6. They are the same grade and the same 1939 Wheat penny with no mint mark.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1939 Wheat penny with no mint mark is given run from PO1 to MS70RD. One step up from G6 is Very Good (VG-8). In general terms, the higher the grade the more the coin is worth.
How to check this yourself
Sold listings, not asking prices. The link below is already filtered to completed sales of a 1939 Wheat penny with no mint mark in G6, 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 1939 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark) in G6 →
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1939 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark): every grade, the metal and the specification →