1920 S Lincoln Wheat Penny

[FavoriteSon-migration]

Hi Everyone,

 

I just joined. I've been learning a lot about coin collecting. My great Uncle had been collecting coins since he got back from the Korean War. This is one he had in his collection. What would this one grade at?

 

Thanks

[Coindude]

XF details but the coin has been harshly cleaned. Not worth much to be honest. Never, ever clean coins!!!

[copper toning]

XF details but the coin has been harshly cleaned. Not worth much to be honest. Never, ever clean coins!!!

 

+1

[MarkFeld]

Welcome to the forum.

 

The coin looks like a cleaned AU to me.

[coinman_23885]

AU details, cleaned harshly

[BillJones]

The sharpness grade is EF, but unfortunately the surfaces have been cleaned and stripped of their original layer. As such much of the value as been taken from the piece.

 

Years ago I bought a set of Lincoln cents that had suffered the same fate. The perceived intent of the dealer(s) who had sold these coins to the collector had been to sell them to him as "red copper." The effect on the value of his collection was immense. Fortunately the 1922 Plain had been left alone, and it was an original surface EF with the strong reverse. That was the saving grace for the collection.

 

[toyman-migration]

VF, too bad it's been cleaned

[L1ncolnF4n]

AU details, cleaned, artificially retoned.