AboutMyCoin1942-D Wheat Penny in VF35
A 1942-D Wheat penny graded VF35 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and VF35 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 VF35 means
A 1942-D Wheat penny in Very Fine (VF-35) is Very Fine at its top edge and is routinely mistaken for the grade above: the individual grains on the wheat ears and the strands of hair above Lincoln’s ear are nearly all present, the wear is confined to the cheekbone and the jaw of Lincoln’s portrait and the hair above his ear where they stand highest, and traces of lustre sometimes survive beside the devices. What separates it from Extremely Fine is how far the flattening has spread rather than any feature a reader can point at.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade VF-35. They are the same grade and the same 1942-D Wheat penny.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1942-D Wheat penny is given run from PO1 to MS70RD. One step up from VF35 is Extremely Fine (XF-40). 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 1942-D Wheat penny in VF35, 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.
Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.
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