AboutMyCoin1942 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark) in VG10
A 1942 Wheat penny with no mint mark graded VG10 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and VG10 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 VG10 means
A 1942 Wheat penny with no mint mark in Very Good (VG-10) is a Very Good coin at the better end of the grade: the cheekbone and the jaw of Lincoln’s portrait and the hair above his ear are smooth as they are at eight, but a little of the individual grains on the wheat ears and the strands of hair above Lincoln’s ear survives where the design was struck deepest, and LIBERTY behind the shoulder, IN GOD WE TRUST above the head and the date and the rim are bold. Both Very Good rungs describe a heavily worn coin that is nonetheless complete and easy to read.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade VG-10. They are the same grade and the same 1942 Wheat penny with no mint mark.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1942 Wheat penny with no mint mark is given run from PO1 to MS70RD. One step up from VG10 is Fine (F-12). 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 Wheat penny with no mint mark in VG10, 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.
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