AboutMyCoin1956 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark) in AU58
A 1956 Wheat penny with no mint mark graded AU58 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and AU58 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 AU58 means
A 1956 Wheat penny with no mint mark in About Uncirculated (AU-58) is as close to uncirculated as a circulated coin gets: the lustre is nearly complete and the only wear is a faint rub across the cheekbone and the jaw of Lincoln’s portrait and the hair above his ear that shows when the coin is tilted under a light. Many are better-looking coins than a low mint state example of the same date, and they sell for less.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade AU-58. They are the same grade and the same 1956 Wheat penny with no mint mark.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1956 Wheat penny with no mint mark is given run from PO1 to MS70RD. AU58 is the top of that scale, so there is no grade above it to step up to. 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 1956 Wheat penny with no mint mark in AU58, 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.
Completed sales of a 1956 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark) in AU58 →
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1956 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark): every grade, the metal and the specification →