~~What years of wheat pennies are worth something~~

I own a liquor store and have been saving wheat pennies for a couple
years and would like to know if any are worth anything.

I have some from every year from 1940-58 except for 1943 and some
earlier than that 1909,10,16,18,19,20,28,34,35,37,39

they are in the condition I found them some worn some not

Subject: ~~What years of wheat pennies are worth something~~
From: Yew B
Date: 2/18/2004 3:56 PM Eastern Standard Time
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I own a liquor store and have been saving wheat pennies for a couple
years and would like to know if any are worth anything.

I have some from every year from 1940-58 except for 1943 and some
earlier than that 1909,10,16,18,19,20,28,34,35,37,39

they are in the condition I found them some worn some not







Best way to determine if your wheat cents "are worth something" is to offer
them to a friend for 10 times their basic value of one cent each. If the friend
is interested you will know the value is at least 10 cents each. Generally, if
the coins are fairly worn and you still can see Abe Lincoln's features, those
cents MAY be able to be sold to a dealer at 2 to 3 cents each. If any of those
coins from 1909 thru 1920 that you have show a mint mark "D" or "S" under the
date, then maybe you can get a little more based on how much wear they have.
Good luck. Steve

"Yew B" wrote:
I have some from every year from 1940-58 except for 1943 and some
earlier than that 1909,10,16,18,19,20,28,34,35,37,39

I'm afraid that every year you mentioned is very common. If the 1909 or 1910
coins have "S" mintmarks under the dates, they would have value, depending
on condition, but every one of the other dates is common, even if the coins
are mintmarked, unless they are in uncirculated condition and pre-1940. The
rest would be worth 1-10 cents, for the most part.

See http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/prices...pricesgd.shtml if you want
more info. In order to achieve these prices, you'd pretty much have to sell
them on eBay with good pics and descriptions, and they couldn't have
"problems", like scratches, corrosion, unattractive discoloration, nicks,
gouges, etc.

--Chris

From: Yew B YewB

What years of wheat pennies are worth something

The year isn't the only issue, there's also mintmarks and other things (such as
the 1909 VDB's)

I'm not going to go over the values for the entire run of wheat cents here, but
I will tell you that you can find the information you seek in one book:

"A Basic Guide Of United State Coins" By R.S. Yeoman (sometimes called 'the red
book'). Check your library or local bookseller.

8-]
Coin Saver

coinsaver wrote:

I'm not going to go over the values for the entire run of wheat cents here,
but
I will tell you that you can find the information you seek in one book:

"A Basic Guide Of United State Coins" By R.S. Yeoman (sometimes called 'the
red
book'). Check your library or local bookseller.

It's also sometimes called "A Guide Book of United States Coins"


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