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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 04-08-2005, 12:48 PM   #1 (permalink) sweetblue Junior Member   Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1 American Cent how much is a 1950 American Cent worth? Last edited by sweetblue; 04-08-2005 at 01:07 PM.   04-08-2005, 12:53 PM   #2 (permalink) Pennycase Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 530 Correct term is a Cent, pennies are what the British have... But, unless it's in Uncirculated condition, maybe around .05 cents - .10 cents   04-10-2005, 10:31 AM   #3 (permalink) bohica Senior Member   Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 171 Quote: Originally Posted by Pennycase Correct term is a Cent, pennies are what the British have... But, unless it's in Uncirculated condition, maybe around .05 cents - .10 cents Cent and penny are used interchangeably. The coin says ONE CENT but a bank will sell you a roll of pennys. In the grade of Extremely Fine 1950 Cents list at 20 cents regardless of mintmark.   04-10-2005, 04:33 PM   #4 (permalink) Pennycase Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 530 We aren't taught any better in school the differance between a penny and a cent. But, if you know where to sell 1950's wheat cents in EF for .20 cents, please let me know. Penny: Cent:   04-12-2005, 08:56 AM   #5 (permalink) bohica Senior Member   Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 171 "But, if you know where to sell 1950's wheat cents in EF for .20 cents, please let me know." The price I quoted is an "average" retail value. It was taken from the May 2005 Coin Prices magazine and represents the approximate price one might pay if one were buying it from a dealer. Perhaps there is a rough "Rule Of Thumb" for figuring the price one might get if one were selling to a dealer? Maybe stated as a percentage of retail for those without access to Grey sheet information? This would be much more helpful than a lecture on semantics.   04-12-2005, 11:38 AM   #6 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 24,638 That's the problem with price guides like the one you mention in Coin Prices - you can't really use a percentage or rule of thumb because the values listed in the price guides are not realistic to begin with. Some of the time they are off by 50% - other times they are off by 200 - 300%. The best rule of thumb there is - is to not believe what you read in the price guides. I have yet to EVER see one be accurate. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « What's it worth? | Have you every seen a coin copy like this before? » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post 83 Uses for a "Penny" Treashunt Coin Chat 27 05-30-2009 06:13 PM E-Bay Silver American Eagle PCGS MS69 Lot Of 117 & A Laptop End 8/26 bigd349 Auction Listings 0 08-27-2005 02:47 PM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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