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Detailed Wheat Cent error, variety, key-date, Error (VV) and PCGS popup references.
Click the Variety Vista or PCGS buttons to open the matching error/variety reference in a popup window. The old yearly buttons were replaced with the Variety Vista and PCGS links from your Wheat Penny Varieties document.
Quick-reference cards for the biggest Wheat cent errors and varieties collectors check first.
Famous missing-mintmark Wheat cent variety. The strong reverse No D is the key version collectors look for.
Major transitional planchet error: a 1943 steel-cent issue accidentally struck on leftover bronze/copper-alloy planchets.
Denver bronze 1943 cent, one of the most famous and valuable Lincoln cent off-metal errors.
San Francisco bronze 1943 cent struck on a copper-alloy planchet instead of the normal zinc-coated steel planchet.
Wrong-planchet 1944 cent struck on leftover steel planchets after the Mint returned to bronze cents.
Classic doubled die obverse with strong visible doubling; one of the best-known Lincoln cent varieties.
| Year-Mint | Error/Variety | FS / Variety # | Error (VV) | PCGS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | VDB - DDO | FS-1101 | ||
| 1909 | VDB - DDO | FS-1102 | ||
| 1909-S | S/S | FS-1501 | ||
| 1909-S | S/Horizontal S | FS-1502 | ||
| 1910-S | S/S | FS-501 | — | |
| 1910-S | S/S | FS-502 | ||
| 1911-D | D/D | FS-502 | ||
| 1911-D | D/D | FS-504 | ||
| 1911-S | S/S | FS-501 | ||
| 1917 | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1922-D | Weak D | — | — | |
| 1922-D | No D- Weak rev. | — | — | |
| 1922-D | No D- Strong rev. | FS-401 | — | |
| 1925-S | S/S | FS-501 | ||
| 1927 | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1927-D | D/D | FS-501 | ||
| 1928-S | Large S | FS-501 | — | |
| 1929-S | S/S | FS-501 | ||
| 1930-D | D/D | FS-501 | — | |
| 1930-D | D/D | FS-502 | ||
| 1930-S | S/S | FS-501 | ||
| 1934 | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1934-D | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1934-D | D/D | FS-504 | ||
| 1935 | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1936 | DDO-Type 1 | FS-101 | ||
| 1936 | DDO-Type 2 | FS-102 | ||
| 1936 | DDO-Type 3 | FS-103 | ||
| 1938-D | D/D | FS-501 | ||
| 1938-S | S/S | FS-501 | ||
| 1938-S | S/S/S | FS-502 | ||
| 1939 | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1941 | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1941 | DDO | FS-102 | ||
| 1941 | DDO | FS-103 | ||
| 1942 | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1942 | DDO | FS-102 | ||
| 1942 | DDO | FS-103 | ||
| 1942 | DDO | FS-104 | ||
| 1942-D | D/D | FS-502 | ||
| 1942-D | D/D | FS-504 | ||
| 1942-S | S/S/S & DDO | FS-101/301 | ||
| 1942-S | S/S | FS-512 | ||
| 1943 | Bronze | — | — | |
| 1943-D | Bronze | — | — | |
| 1943-D | D/D | FS-501 | ||
| 1943-D | D/D | FS-502 (FS-019.1) VV? | ||
| 1943-S | Bronze | — | — | |
| 1943-S | 1943/1942 DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1944-D | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1944-D | D/D | FS-502 | ||
| 1944-D | D/D | FS-507 | ||
| 1944-D | D/S | FS-511 | ||
| 1944-D | D/S | FS-512 | ||
| 1945 | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1946-S | Inverted MM | FS-501 | — | |
| 1946-S | S/D | FS-511 | — | |
| 1947 | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1947-S | S/S | FS-504 | ||
| 1949-D | D/D | FS-501 | ||
| 1949-S | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1950-S | S/S | FS-504 | ||
| 1951-D | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1951-D | D/S | FS-511 | ||
| 1951-D | D/S | FS-512 | ||
| 1952-D | D/D - minor varieties | — | ||
| 1952-D | D/S | FS-511 | ||
| 1953-D | D/D | FS-501 | ||
| 1953-D | D/D | FS-502 | ||
| 1954-D | D/D/D | FS-501 | ||
| 1955 | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1955 | DDO | FS-102 | ||
| 1955-D | DDO | FS-101 | ||
| 1955-D | D/D | FS-503 | ||
| 1955-S | S/S/S | FS-501 | ||
| 1956-D | D/D | FS-501 | ||
| 1956-D | D/D | FS-502 | ||
| 1956-D | D/D | FS-508 | ||
| 1958 | DDO | FS-101 |
Wheat cent links updated from the Wheat Penny Varieties document you provided.
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