I found a 1958 silver wheat penny this morning, and I've never seen one like it before. It is stamped from Delaware and the edges are raised up. They are also smooth. Has anyone found one of these before, or have any information about it?
Now if I remember correctly on this one I mentioned, the government made millions of these coins and some were handed out to high ranking government officials as that is normal custom. The decision was then made not to release the coins and melt them down, the officials who recieved the complimentary ones were asked to return them. The officials knew they had a rare coin and claimed they misplaced them or actually spent the coin.I believe there was also a 1973 steel or zinc cent that was also made, several million, government canceled the release but a few copies had gotten out.
So if this is an error and IS a SILVER and RARE I wonder whats its worth/
The book lists it as $1,500
I found a 1958 silver wheat penny this morning, and I've never seen one like it before. It is stamped from Delaware and the edges are raised up. They are also smooth. Has anyone found one of these before, or have any information about it?