1914-D Wheat Penny
If you are a coin collector and you see a coin lying on the ground, you are likely to pick it up, not only because it might be a rare coin, but because, let’s face it - anyone can use a little spare change these days, can’t they?
Let’s say for instance that you did pick up that coin and it turned out to be a 1914-D wheat penny. What a rare find to make. Wheat pennies are among the most popular coins sought after by many coin collectors, not only because they represent a slice of history, but because they are worth quite a bit, as well. Wheat pennies were the first U.S. coins ever minted with a face of someone on it – President Abraham Lincoln’s.
One of these wheat pennies, so-named because of a shaft of wheat die-cast on the reverse side, is the 1914-D wheat penny. These rare coins escalate in value over time, and a coin of the lowest grade can fetch a pretty heft price!