1954 Penny

by Chad Eicher

1954 Penny

The 1954 wheat pennies come in three varieties “D”, “P” and “S”

How Much Is A 1954 Wheat Penny Worth?

Anywhere from 0.15 to $4.

How Many Wheat Pennies Were Minted in 1954?

P variety-71,640,050

S vartiety-96,190,000

D variety-251,552,500

1954 P Penny

Facts about the 1954 P penny: Slightly scarce in circulated grades, mint state coins of mediocre quality are abundant, while fully struck, fully red gems are quite elusive. 1954 P cents are of generally poor quality. Their dies is of poor quality and are dark and are lowly minted.

1954 D Wheat Penny

Rarity: common in in all grades and original rolls still exist.

Facts about the 1954 D penny: You can readily find fully struck great quality cents because so many has survived. Some issue may have wear and tear.

1954 S Wheat Penny

Rarity: cents are common in all grade and original rolls still exist

Facts about the 1954 S wheat penny: This date has worn cents that were polished numerous of times which reduced the quality. The cents from this date were poorly made.

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Chad Eicher

Detectorist Chad is passionate about metal detecting since he got his first metal detector as a gift when he was 12 years old. He created Metal Pursuits to share his knowledge and create the ultimate metal detecting resource on the web.

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