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I have about 75 wheat pennies. Are they worth more than face value ? As you can tell I know NOTHING about this..just wanted to know so I can find someone to buy them in my town. Thank you.
I have about 75 wheat pennies. Are they worth more than face value ? As you can tell I know NOTHING about this..just wanted to know so I can find someone to buy them in my town. Thank you.
They are definitely worth more than face value - assuming none of them are scarcer dates worth more, I think they're worth about five cents each, but I'd look online - eBay is an excellent source for current selling prices.
Your local coin shop won't pay much - maybe two or three cents each, and probably not interested at all.
99 percent of the time you won't have any higher-value coins but 1 percent of the time you will.
I don't know a lot about pennies. Im interested in early 20th century silver coins. But for all coins a lot depends on the condition of the coins too. Whatever you do, don't try to clean them. You most likely will ruin them.
I'm sorry to say, but wheat pennies aren't that rare, and they generally aren't worth much. There are exceptions, but most of the ones with a value of $5 or more would have to be in mint condition, which is unlikely for any circulated coins.
I don't know a lot about pennies. Im interested in early 20th century silver coins. But for all coins a lot depends on the condition of the coins too. Whatever you do, don't try to clean them. You most likely will ruin them.
I think the first half of the 20th century is the Golden Age of American coinage.
Use this as a guide. Unless you have a good understanding of grading, I wouldn't use this to set prices of what you have. Assume each cent is 3-5 cents each, unless you have a key date.
Lincoln wheat key dates would be a 1909-S VDB, 1914-D, 1922 (no D mint mark), etc etc
I always look at the change I get back from a purchase and it is fun to pull out an old coin or bill. It is amazing to be handed a wheatie or something else that may have been kicking around for 50+ years.
The History that little coin or bill has seen.
I always wonder when I find a coin, what it has seen. Sometimes, I love the very worn ones as I wish they could tell me where they have been and what they've seen.
Oldest circulation find was an 1880 Indian Head cent I got in chain. Very worn, barely readable.
Best circulation find was a 1909-O quarter. Pretty worn, but it's a semi-key date so rare enough finding one of those in the wild
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