AboutMyCoin1957 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark) in FR2
A 1957 Wheat penny with no mint mark graded FR2 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and FR2 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 FR2 means
A 1957 Wheat penny with no mint mark in Fair (FR-2) is worn nearly smooth but reads more completely than the grade below it: the date and the mint mark are clear without effort, LIBERTY behind the shoulder, IN GOD WE TRUST above the head and the date survive in part rather than in trace, and the cheekbone and the jaw of Lincoln’s portrait and the hair above his ear are flat with the outline of the design still following its edges. The rim is worn well into the lettering the whole way round.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade FR-2. They are the same grade and the same 1957 Wheat penny with no mint mark.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1957 Wheat penny with no mint mark is given run from PO1 to MS70RD. One step up from FR2 is About Good (AG-3). 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 1957 Wheat penny with no mint mark in FR2, 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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