AboutMyCoin1944 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark) in VF25
A 1944 Wheat penny with no mint mark graded VF25 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and VF25 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 VF25 means
A 1944 Wheat penny with no mint mark in Very Fine (VF-25) sits between the two ends of Very Fine: the cheekbone and the jaw of Lincoln’s portrait and the hair above his ear are flattened across more of their area than at thirty and less than at twenty, the tips of the wheat ears and the upper edges of their stalks keep their major detail, and LIBERTY behind the shoulder, IN GOD WE TRUST above the head and the date are sharp. The three Very Fine rungs are one coin at three degrees of the same wear, which is why a grader can move a coin between them and a buyer can rarely see it.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade VF-25. They are the same grade and the same 1944 Wheat penny with no mint mark.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1944 Wheat penny with no mint mark is given run from PO1 to MS70RD. One step up from VF25 is Very Fine (VF-30). 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 1944 Wheat penny with no mint mark in VF25, 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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