AboutMyCoin1953-D Wheat Penny in PO1
A 1953-D Wheat penny graded PO1 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and PO1 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 PO1 means
A 1953-D Wheat penny in Poor (PO-1) is worn smooth: the coin can be identified as to type and the date can be made out, and that is the whole of what this grade claims. the cheekbone and the jaw of Lincoln’s portrait and the hair above his ear are flat to the field, LIBERTY behind the shoulder, IN GOD WE TRUST above the head and the date have worn away into the rim over most of their length, and what survives is an outline. It is a grade worth having only on an issue scarce enough that a reader wants one in any state at all.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade PO-1. They are the same grade and the same 1953-D Wheat penny.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1953-D Wheat penny is given run from PO1 to MS70RD. One step up from PO1 is Fair (FR-2). 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 1953-D Wheat penny in PO1, 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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