The accidental minting of the 1930 Penny was not discovered until the 1940s. That the 1930 Penny underwent at least a decade of circulation before it was discovered means that most of the surviving examples are well circulated, with edge bumps and field marks.
This coin has superb fields, solid edges and well defined inner beading. The upper and lower scrolls are crisp. The obverse has a full central diamond that almost leaps out of the crown and a complete lower band. And of course the seventh and eighth pearls are visible.
And while all of the above details may sound very technical … it is the complete and strong central diamond, the complete lower band and the presence of the seventh and eighth pearl that places this coin in a league of its own and justifies the supreme quality level of Good Very Fine / about Extremely Fine.
|Good Very Fine (gVF) & better||A full centre diamond, presence of 7 & 8 pearl.||1%|
|Very Fine (VF)||A full centre diamond, 6 pearls.||5%|
|Nearly Very Fine (nVF)||An almost complete centre diamond, 6 pearls.||10%|
|About Very Fine (aVF)||2-3 sides of centre diamond, 6 pearls.||16%|
|Good Fine (gF)||1 side of centre diamond, 6 pearls.147.||32%|
|Fine (F) or less||Centre diamond obliterated, 6 pearls, full band at base of crown.||36%|