AboutMyCoin1952-D Wheat Penny in MS66RD
A 1952-D Wheat penny graded MS66RD is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and MS66RD 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 MS66RD means
A 1952-D Wheat penny in Mint State (MS-66) Red sits at or near the top of the certified population for the issue: no wear, exceptional lustre, and virtually no marks anywhere on it. At this level the coin is a condition rarity rather than a date rarity, and the price is set by the few collectors who need one and the few coins that exist. Red means at least ninety-five per cent of the original mint red is still on both faces. Copper starts to turn the day it leaves the press, so red on a 1952-D Wheat penny is a statement about how it was stored rather than about how it was struck, and it is worth a multiple of the same coin in brown.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade MS66 RD, MS-66RD or MS-66 RD. They are the same grade and the same 1952-D Wheat penny.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1952-D Wheat penny is given run from PO1 to MS70RD. One step up from MS66RD is Mint State (MS-67) Red. 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 1952-D Wheat penny in MS66RD, 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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